How to Install and Uninstall ns3 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ns3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ns3 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ns3 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ns3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.31+dfsg-2ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Quinson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 494
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgsl25 (>= 2.6), libgslcblas0 (>= 2.6), libns3-3v5 (>= 3.31+dfsg), libopenmpi3 (>= 4.0.3), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ns3/ns3_3.31+dfsg-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 146144
MD5sum: 3389815e31608c23d7efb734682e9c52
SHA1: 1dbc5b7102ca6d0306cfefc5c8c91fed4e6c56aa
SHA256: 61f7dace269ef01a65880c5ae95a29d098073f32ef27dbb375de552052a9bb28
SHA512: 4a2a92ac7613ea0568c2354de2c28164c6292b463ec97fc102ad477835ae20459fe8a4c3b640762f6c3f473cd637c797608fe91ee11741c57e131cb3880c2be3
Homepage: https://www.nsnam.org/
Description-en: discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems
ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems,
targeted primarily for research and educational use.
ns-3 is free software, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license,
and is publicly available for research, development, and use.
ns-3 is intended as an eventual replacement for the popular
ns-2 simulator. The project acronym “nsnam” derives
historically from the concatenation of ns (network simulator)
and NAM (network animator).
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This package contains several utilities. The files for development
are in libns3-3, libns3-dev and python3-ns3.
Description-md5: f12ce0d749c845967463616b618b054b