How to Install and Uninstall ns3 Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "ns3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ns3 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ns3 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ns3 package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: ns3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Quinson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 473
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgsl27 (>= 2.7.1), libgslcblas0 (>= 2.7.1), libns3-3v5 (>= 3.35+dfsg), libopenmpi3 (>= 4.1.2), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ns3/ns3_3.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 149822
MD5sum: bf9fd08d6ad2c3612aad98aecd9b6d40
SHA1: 5bcc140927dd9b1a23f416b200f27c0b632594ff
SHA256: 531def33a0b4dd9bbe4373a55cb0e91f0cac37f36038501e0225b1c6a9994494
SHA512: 9d54569231732f297a42620dee5c9cb7e282e9570505f6d579061bb39c369ab7427fecae0738f51cf779fb7b7d852d9feeb7b213a329c57121162c5d37a8182b
Homepage: https://www.nsnam.org/
Description: discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems
Description-md5: f12ce0d749c845967463616b618b054b