How to Install and Uninstall ns3 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "ns3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ns3 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ns3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ns3" package

Learn how to uninstall ns3 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ns3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ns3 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ns3
Version: 3.29+dfsg-3
Installed-Size: 459
Maintainer: Martin Quinson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2), libgsl23 (>= 2.5), libgslcblas0 (>= 2.4), libns3-3v5, libopenmpi3, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
Description: discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems
Description-md5: d45a415e0e12e0d8fbe06d3306053731
Homepage: http://www.nsnam.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, role::program, use::simulating,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ns3/ns3_3.29+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 190128
MD5sum: 85ff4398793273a7ecd1b268f0d745a5
SHA256: ee9c78fbdf9d313053eedaa4b9393a9141bcf3388ac8a5a08613c600d26f0e05