Let’s have the discussion based on the execution of network simulator 2 specifically in the Mac over this article.

Step: 1 Download Xcode and Ns2 for Mac

Here, we have highlighted the web links that are used to download the X code and network simulator 2 for Mac.

• To download Xcode, we have to click this below mentioned URL

http://developer.apple.com/xcode/

• To download the packages based on network simulator 2, we have to click the following web page

https://github.com/idmidr/ns-allinone-2.35

Step: 2 Install Ns2 for Mac

We have to execute the below mentioned steps for the installation of network simulator 2 in Mac.

• First, we have to install the Xcode
• Then, we have to unzip the Ns2.35 using the commands highlighted below

tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35-xxx.tar.gz

• Following that, we have add the paths for directories because the Ns2 configuration files includes the path such as xlibdir and xincdir
• Subsequently, we have to ensure the paths such as xlibdir and xincdir have to be installed in the Mac OS
• Then, we have to execute the commands ./install inside the directory namely ~ns-allinone-2.35-xxx/
• After completing the installation process, we have to acquire the path setting information
• Then, copy and paste the information in a file namely .profile or .bash_profile

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