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OMNeT++ 6.0 Installation Steps

For Windows Versions

Computer Science Engineering · 2022-02-06 03:49 · 6 claps · 1.5 min read
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OMNeT++ 6.0 Installation Steps

For Windows Versions

*OMNeT++ is supported only on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Download the OMNeT++ **https://omnetpp.org/download/preview**

Make sure you select the Windows-specific archive, named omnetpp-6.0pre15-windows-x86_64.zip

Extract the zip file using only 7zip **https://www.7-zip.org/download.html**

Note Down, if you found any error in installation, kindly disabled the Antivirus program during installation of omnet++

open the omnetpp-6.0pre15 folder and Double click on mingwenv.cmd file

Then enter the following commands:

$ ./configure

$ make

$ omnetpp

For Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or 20.04 LTS

First Install the Prerequisite Packages

open the terminal and type the following commands one by one

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential clang lld gdb bison flex perl \python3 python3-pip qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools \libqt5opengl5-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev doxygen graphviz libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37

$ sudo python3 -m pip install — user — upgrade numpy pandas matplotlib scipy seaborn posix_ipc

*Note Down, there are double dash before user and upgrade in the above command

$ sudo apt-get install -y openscenegraph-plugin-osgearth libosgearth-dev

$ sudo apt-get install -y mpi-default-dev

$ sudo apt-get install -y nemiver

Single script file for above commands: **click here**

How to run the script file

$chmod 777 scrpitfile.sh

$sh scrpitfile.sh

Downloading and Unpacking

Download the OMNeT++ **https://omnetpp.org/download/preview**

Make sure you select to download the Linux-specific archive, omnetpp-6.0pre15-linux-x86_64.tgz

open the terminal and type the following commands one by one

$ tar -xvfz omnetpp-6.0pre15-linux-x86_64.tgz

now go the omnetpp-6.0pre15 directory

$ cd omnetpp-6.0pre15

Now set the environment variable in the machine so edit the bashrc file

$ gedit ~/.bashrc

on the bottom of the page add this line and save the file and close the terminal

export PATH=$PATH:/home/shivam/Downloads/omnetpp-6.0pre15/bin

  • Here Shivam is my pc-user name

Now run these commands

$ source setenv

$ ./configure

$ make

$ omnetpp

Complete Installation Guide Pdf: **Click Here**


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