Real Time Installation of Omnet++ and Castalia on Linux (Ubuntu12.04)

Hello everyone,
 If you are looking for a complete installation reference for omnet++ and Castalia  installation, then you have landed up to absolutely correct place. The procedure is adumbrated below as follows:-

 
Step I: Install the prerequisites packages

Enable universe repository by executing command:

$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu (lsb_release -sc) universe"

Then, execute the following commands to install prerequisite packages:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc g++ bison flex perl \tcl-dev tk-dev blt libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev openjdk-6-jre \doxygen graphviz openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev libpcap-dev
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc g++ bison flex perl \tcl-dev tk-dev blt libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev openjdk-6-jre \doxygen graphviz openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev libpcap-dev

Step II: Download OMNeT++ source code

You can download omnetpp from here: 

http://www.omnetpp.org/omnetpp/doc_details/2245-omnet-422-source--ide-tgz

After downloading, extract the package by executing:

$ tar zxvf omnetpp-4.2.2-src.tgz
$ sudo apt-get install bison byacc (or use synaptic package manager for installing these)
$ sudo apt-get install tcl8.4 tk8.4 tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev (Or use synaptic package manager for installing these)

Step III: Compile OMNeT++

First setup the environment variables:

$ cd omnetpp-4.2.2

$ . setenv
$ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libgcrypt11-dev

For path inclusion execute

$ gedit  ~/.bashrc

Add the following line at the end of the file, then save it:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/omnetpp-4.6/bin

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/omnetpp-4.6/lib

export TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.4

You need to close and re-open the terminal for the changes to take effect

Then run configure:

$ ./configure

Finally, compile the simulator:

$ make

After it's done compiling, you should see the following:

Step IV: Testing the Installation

$ cd samples/dyna

$ ./dyna

After clicking through some options, you should see something like:

Exit the demo, then start the OMNeT++ 4 IDE:
$ omnetpp

Step V: Install the INET Framework-Castalia

Download  wvsnmodel-v4.tgz from http://cpham.perso.univ-pau.fr/WSN-MODEL/wvsn.html
place it in omnetpp-4.2.2 directory

Automatic Installation Procedure

Open install.bash and copy the content in any editor (notepad, gedit, wordpad, etc). 
In line 21, add - make clean->save as install.bash

Then, execute the following commands:

$ chmod 777 install.bash

$ ./install.bash
[Note:- Don't press 'yes' for Castalia Installation]

Castalia-3.2 Installation
Download Castalia-3.2 from here http://castalia.npc.nicta.com.au/ .
Place it in home directory
 $ tar xvzf Castalia-3.2.tar.gz
$ cd Castalia-3.2
$ ./makemake
$ make

SDL-LIBRARY Installation
Download SDL from here: http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php 
Place it in home directory and execute these commands:
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential xorg-dev libudev-dev libts-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libopenal-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libaudiofile-dev libpng12-dev libfreetype6-dev libusb-dev libdbus-1-dev zlib1g-dev libdirectfb-dev 

/*** Important Step *****/
$ tar zxvf SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz
$ cd SDL2-2.0.3/
$  ./configure
$  Make
$ sudo make install


Running the Sample Model:
$ ./install.bash
$ cd vidmodel/wvsn-model-omnetpp-v4/
$ cp coverage-60.ned omnetpp.ini out/gcc-debug/
$ cd out/gcc-debug/
$ ./wvsn-model-omnetpp-v4

The appearance of these two windows will confirm correct installation of Castalia.
All the Best! 

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Note: Try to use Ubuntu12.04 for this installation of  Omnet++ and Castalia


This work is equally contributed by Author1
For further query please contact Author1  & Author2.