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  Installing Errors and Solutions on fedora ns2 installation,

One of the most easiest way to install ns2 is to download ns-allinone package. So download ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz.
now follow these steps.

1. go to directory where you saved tar.gz file and execute following command
tar -xzf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz
 
2. cd ns-allinone-2.34/
 
3. now install the package using (switct to root or use sudo)
./install
 
4. first problem you encounter is "g++ command not found" otherwise skip this step
soln- yum install gcc-g++
now try 3rd step again
 
5. you might encounter problem of "/home/user.../generic/tk.h:557: error expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'Window' and similar other errors while installing tk (otherwise skip this step)
soln- yum install libX11-devel
now try 3rd step
 
6. if you get "can't find X includeds otcl-1.13 configuration failed! Exiting.."
soln- yum install libXt-devel or yum groupinstall "X Software Development" later one is better.
now try 3rd step and it will run successfully