Notes

Installing The ns-3 Network Simulator on Mac

Daniel Weibel
Created 16 May 2016

ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator.

The following installation instructions have been tested on macOS 10.11.1

Prerequisites

  • Xcode Command Line Tools installed (gcc and clang)
  • Python installed

Installation

  • Download desired version of ns-3 from here
  • Build it with the following command: 
      ./build.py --enable-examples --enable-tests
  • cd to the ns-3 root directory (for example, ns-3.25)
  • Validate installation with the following command 
      ./test.py -c core

Hello World

Run the following for a “hello world” simulation:

./waf --run hello-simulator

References