I am setting up NS-2 for the first time on a Windows system using Cygwin 1.7.3. I am following the instructions found at http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-cygwin.html. (please let me know if this page is in error or outdated)
I downloaded ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz and extracted it to a directory (C:\data\dev\ns2). From the Cygwin bash prompt, I used CD to change to the directory containing NS (/cygdrive/c/data/dev/ns2). The ls command shows that the file "install" is present. I then issued the command "./install". This script returns the following: Cygwin detected Note: Cygwin install is still considered EXPERIMENTAL Checking Cygwin version is >= 1.3.12... 1.7.3 (should be ok) Checking filesystems are mounted as UNIX filetype... yes Checking default mode is binmode... yes Checking legitimate login name... ok Checking legitimate path name... ok Checking for gcc... NO! Package gcc is not present on your system. When I run cygwin's setup.exe, I have installed everything under the "Devel" tree. I have also used the search function and verified that everything containing the letters "gcc" has been installed. What else is necessary to satisfy the GCC test in the install script?
