1) Extract NS2 tar file. 2) Modify Makefile.in from ns-allinone2.34/ns2.34/ 1. change CCOPT = @V_CCOPT@ to CCOPT = @V_CCOPT@ -g 2. add -DNDEBUG -DDEBUG to the end of DEFINE = -DTCP_DELAY_BIND_ALL -DNO_TK @V_DEFINE@ @V_DEFINES@ @ DEFS at -DNS_DIFFUSION -DSMAC_NO_SYNC -DCPP_NAMESPACE=@ CPP_NAMESPACE at -DUSE_SINGLE_ADDRESS_SPACE -Drng_test that is: DEFINE = -DTCP_DELAY_BIND_ALL -DNO_TK @V_DEFINE@ @V_DEFINES@ @ DEFS at -DNS_DIFFUSION -DSMAC_NO_SYNC -DCPP_NAMESPACE=@ CPP_NAMESPACE at -DUSE_SINGLE_ADDRESS_SPACE -Drng_test -DNDEBUG -DDEBUG now browse to .../ns-allinone/ns2.3x and run ./configure and after that "make clean" and then "make" 2) Open terminal and type in "gdb ns" 3)then " run tcl_file_name" If there are errors gdb will stop at respective location.
NS-2 development in linux environment using Eclipse.