How to Install and Uninstall ns3 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 25,2024

1. Install "ns3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ns3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ns3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ns3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.27+dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Network Simulators Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 436
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2), libgsl23, libgslcblas0, libns3-3v5, libopenmpi2, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ns3/ns3_3.27+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 134392
MD5sum: f1ba3026c17c3f53001d97e07c735aec
SHA1: eb4c4950276c6042f8ac05be03db5a5daed3f9da
SHA256: d27bde573188979ad7113c49f914691af28b7bbabd8c00d255a1d0eac04d8188
Homepage: http://www.nsnam.org/
Description: discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems
Description-md5: d45a415e0e12e0d8fbe06d3306053731