Difference between revisions of "HOWTO get ns-3 running on Mac OS X (10.6.2 Intel)"
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| − | + | The installation instructions included in this page are not meant to be comprehensive and represent only one of the many ways of getting ns-3 to build in a Snow Leopard Mac OS X system. Commands should be run from a Terminal window. | |
| − | 1) Install XCode | + | 1) Install XCode: |
You will find XCode in the Mac OS X Install DVD that came with your Mac. Alternatively, you can download the most recent version of XCode from the Apple Developer Connection website (http://developer.apple.com/mac/). The XCode development environment includes the gcc compiler and critical libraries required to build applications to be run in Mac OS X. | You will find XCode in the Mac OS X Install DVD that came with your Mac. Alternatively, you can download the most recent version of XCode from the Apple Developer Connection website (http://developer.apple.com/mac/). The XCode development environment includes the gcc compiler and critical libraries required to build applications to be run in Mac OS X. | ||
| − | 2) Install Fink ( | + | 2) Install Fink: |
| − | 3) Install | + | |
| − | 4) Download source code | + | 2.1) Download Fink (source release version 0.29.10) from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.29.10.tar.gz |
| − | 5) Build the local repository | + | 2.2) Extract the contents of the file and enter open up the Terminal in the resulting folder. |
| + | 2.3) Install Fink with the ./bootstrap command (during the interactive installation process, select the 32 bit installation). | ||
| + | 2.4) Execute /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh in order to setup the environment variables for Fink. | ||
| + | 2.5) Execute fink selfupdate to freshen the Fink install with updated packages. | ||
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| + | 3) Install Mercurial: | ||
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| + | 3.1) Download the Mercurial 1.4.2 binary package from http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Download | ||
| + | 3.2) Perform the installation of Mercurial and verify that the installation was successful | ||
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| + | 4) Download source code: | ||
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| + | 4.1 Open | ||
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| + | 5) Build the local repository: | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 21 January 2010
The installation instructions included in this page are not meant to be comprehensive and represent only one of the many ways of getting ns-3 to build in a Snow Leopard Mac OS X system. Commands should be run from a Terminal window.
1) Install XCode:
You will find XCode in the Mac OS X Install DVD that came with your Mac. Alternatively, you can download the most recent version of XCode from the Apple Developer Connection website (http://developer.apple.com/mac/). The XCode development environment includes the gcc compiler and critical libraries required to build applications to be run in Mac OS X.
2) Install Fink:
2.1) Download Fink (source release version 0.29.10) from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fink/fink-0.29.10.tar.gz 2.2) Extract the contents of the file and enter open up the Terminal in the resulting folder. 2.3) Install Fink with the ./bootstrap command (during the interactive installation process, select the 32 bit installation). 2.4) Execute /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh in order to setup the environment variables for Fink. 2.5) Execute fink selfupdate to freshen the Fink install with updated packages.
3) Install Mercurial:
3.1) Download the Mercurial 1.4.2 binary package from http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Download 3.2) Perform the installation of Mercurial and verify that the installation was successful
4) Download source code:
4.1 Open
5) Build the local repository:
