NS2 for Eclipse

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Set up NS2 for Eclipse under Linux:

 

• Download Eclipse SDK
• Download Eclipse C++ Development Tooling
• Extract Eclipse SDK to a folder, i.e. /home/username/eclipse
• Extract Eclipse CDT to the same folder
• Download NS2
• Extract NS2 to a folder, i.e. /home/username/ns-allinone-2.29
• Edit Makefile if necessary (see note below for details)
• Build NS2
• Start Eclipse
• Choose your ns2 folder as your workspace folder, default:/home/username/ns-allinone-2.29
• Create new C++ Project
  • Select File->New->Project...
  • Select C++->Standard C++ Make Project
  • Click Next
  • Enter ns-2.29 as your project name
  • Click Finish
• Create a Launch Configuration
  • Select Run->Debug...
  • Select C/C++ Local Application
  • Click "New Launch Configuration"
  • Under Project, click Browse and select "ns-2.29"
  • Under C/C++ Application, click Search Project and select "ns"
  • Click Apply
  • Click Close

 

Note: The debugger needs debug information to be generated by the compiler. To make the compiler generate these informations, you have to edit the NS2 makefile. Edit ".../ns-allinone-2.29/ns-2.29/Makefile" or edit ".../ns-allinone-2.29/ns-2.29/Makefile.in" and run "./configure" after that. Add those lines anywhere:CCOPT = -g # Hinzufügen der "-g"-Option
DEFINE = -DNDEBUG # Löschen des NoDebug-Flags
DEFINE = -DDEBUG # Hinzufügen des Debug-Flags

Additional Note: Eclipse creates project and workspace files in the NS2 folder.These should be excluded from CVS checkins and patch creations. Add those files to your cvsignore, respectively delete them from your patchfile after creating it.

Set up NS2 for Eclipse under Windows

You need cygwin to run NS2 under Windows.

 

• Download Cygwin
• Install Cygwin
  • Run setup.exe
  • Choose a root directory, i.e. c:/cygwin
  • Make sure, unix/binary text file type is selected
  • Click Next
  • Choose a package directory, this is where your downloaded files will be put in
  • Select an internet connection and a download mirror
  • Make sure you install the following packages:
    

    xorg-x11-bin, xorg-x11-bin-dlls, xorg-x11-devel, xorg-x11-libs-data, xorg-x11-etc, gcc, gcc-g++, gawk, tar, gzip, make, patch, perl, w32api

     

  • Start cygwin.bat to create a user

 

 

• Download Eclipse SDK
• Download Eclipse C++ Development Tooling
• Extract Eclipse SDK to a folder, i.e. c:/eclipse
• Extract Eclipse CDT to the same folder
• Download NS2
• Extract NS2 to a cygwin folder, i.e. c:/cygwin/home/username/ns-allinone-2.29
• Edit Makefile if necessary (see note below for details)
• Build NS2
  • Start Cygwin.bat to get into cygwin shell
  • cd to your NS2-directory, default: /home/username/ns-allinone-2.29
  • Type "./install"
  • Type "./validate" if you want to validate your build
  • These steps may take a while

 

 

• Start Eclipse
• Choose your ns2 folder as your workspace folder, default:c:/cygwin/home/username/ns-allinone-2.29
• Create new C++ Project
  • Select File->New->Project...
  • Select C++->Standard C++ Make Project
  • Click Next
  • Enter ns-2.29 as your project name
  • Click Finish
• Change the Binary Parser
  • Select Project->Properties
  • Select C/C++ Make Project
  • In the Binary Parser Tab, select Cygwin PE Parser and PE Windows Parser
  • Click OK
• Create a Launch Configuration
  • Select Run->Debug...
  • Select C/C++ Local Application
  • Click "New Launch Configuration"
  • Under Project, click Browse and select "ns-2.29"
  • Under C/C++ Application, click Search Project and select "ns.exe"
  • Click Apply
  • Click Close

 

Note: The debugger needs debug information to be generated by the compiler. To make the compiler generate these informations, you have to edit the NS2 makefile. Edit ".../ns-allinone-2.29/ns-2.29/Makefile" or edit ".../ns-allinone-2.29/ns-2.29/Makefile.in" and run "./configure" after that. Add those lines anywhere:CCOPT = -g # Hinzufügen der "-g"-Option
DEFINE = -DNDEBUG # Löschen des NoDebug-Flags
DEFINE = -DDEBUG # Hinzufügen des Debug-Flags

Additional Note: Eclipse creates project and workspace files in the NS2 folder.These should be excluded from CVS checkins and patch creations. Add those files to your cvsignore, respectively delete them from your patchfile after creating it.

From: http://wcms1.rz.tu-ilmenau.de/fakia/NS2-for-Eclipse.6025.0.html

有些朋友好像对Eclipse CDT开发很感兴趣，我就把我用Eclipse搭建NS2开发平台的过程说一下吧，经验和大家共享。
一、我的开发环境：Mware 6.5 + Fedora Core 8 + NS 2.31+Eclipse CDT+DLTK
    Eclipse CDT用的是 Europa 版本的。这个版本直接装好了Eclipse 的CDT插件。也可以用Fedora内自带的Eclipse在单独装上CDT插件就行了，DLTK是一个TCL和Ruby的插件，实际上我只用它的高亮显示Tcl关键字的功能，不装也可以。我的NS安装路径为~/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31/
二、过程摘要：
1.装好VMware和linux
2.装好NS2。配置好环境变量。
a) 运行在ns2目录下运行 ./configure –enable-debug
3.安装好Eclipse CDT
4.安装DLTK插件(可选)
5.新建C++ makefile工程 workspace指定到 ~/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31
6.设置
a) 把ns目录下所有文件夹添加为source文件夹
b) 设定Run配置：添加ns可执行文件和变量（tcl脚本的位置）
7.运行 在console中可以看到结果
如果你已经知道怎么做了，那就开始吧。如果不清楚那就接着看下面的详细步骤
三、详细步骤：
    1-4 网上有大量资料可以参考，我简单的说几点：
        a) VMware 6.5不要装FC7。因为vmware-tools和FC7的内核似乎不兼容，需要将FC7内核升级到2.6.23以上。所以还是装FC8。或者用VMware5.5也行。
        b) ./configure –enable-debug在make文件中加入-g属性 然后重新编译一下ns
        c) Eclipse需要安装JAVA虚拟机。简单的方式是安装linux时完全安装一下，FC8中已经把开发环境都配置好了
现在假设你已经安装好了所有需要的软件，NS可以正常运行，那么把NS导入到Eclipse中就可以了。具体步骤如下：
        a) 新建C++ makefile工程：在Project Explorer中右键，新建C++工程；
        b) 设置工程属性：注意位置是ns的安装目录，类型是makefile project，tool chain选linux GCC；
        c) 完成
        d) 在工程名上右键，选properties；
        e) 在C/C++ General -> paths and symbols中选则source location；添加NS目录下所有文件夹为source；这是为了可以从大纲视图看代码；
        f) 设置Run：双击C/C++ Local Application， 新建一个Run配置；C/C++ Application中选择目录下的ns可执行文件。enable-debug后这个文件变大为10几M了。
        g) 设置Arguments；把你所要仿真的tcl脚本添加进去。相当于在终端中输入ns yourTcl.tcl
        h) 运行。如果没有设定变量，相当于直接运行ns。Console中提示符变为%; 我们可以测试一下输入
puts “Hello NS2”
输出Hello NS2
安装结束。Enjoy it！
四、Eclipse的作用（欢迎大家讨论）
1.Debug
    Eclipse调试C++也是调用GDB，相当于一个可视化的GDB调试环境；使用时设定断点，点debug按钮即可。
2.查找代码
    Eclipse在项目中查找代码的作用我认为非常管用，你可以查一个关键字或者类名，看它在那定义的。只需要在变量名上ctrl+左键单击，就自动打开定义文件。感觉很爽 ^_^ 看代码会省很多事。
3.CVS
    写代码的时候还是用用这些代码管理软件比较好。省得改错了代码时想回都回不去，欲哭无泪啊。
4 ……希望大家在使用中自己多多发现
    我也是一个NS2和Eclipse的新手，希望大家多多发现Eclipse在NS2编程上的技巧，相互交流，有了发现也告诉我一声啊。^_^