OverSim Installation Instructions

These instructions show you how to install OverSim on Linux and Windows.
Instructions for Mac OS X are on a separate page.

1. Requirements for OMNeT++ and OverSim:
   • For Linux:
     • ​Tcl/Tk with BLT and ​libgmp
     • On Ubuntu you can install these packages with:

         sudo apt-get install tk-dev blt-dev libgmp-dev
       

   • For Windows: Everything you need is already included in the OMNeT++ 4.2.2 package.

2. Download OMNeT++ 4.2.2 (​Linux or ​Windows version) from ​http://www.omnetpp.org/ after reading the ​License

3a. (Linux only): Create a new directory (in the following we assume you want to install OMNeT++ and OverSim to ~/sim/) and extract OMNeT++:

  mkdir ~/sim
  cd ~/sim
  tar xzvf ~/Downloads/omnetpp-4.2.2-src.tgz

3b. (Windows only): Extract the OMNeT++ archive to a new directory (e.g. C:\sim\omnetpp-4.2.2) and double click on mingwenv.cmd

4. (Linux only): Add the following lines to your .bashrc or .profile:

     export PATH=~/sim/omnetpp-4.2.2/bin:$PATH
   

5. Compile OMNeT++ (no need to change the directoy on Windows):

     cd ~/sim/omnetpp-4.2.2
     ./configure
     make
   

6. Download the INET framework ​inet-20111118-src.tgz and extract in next to your OMNeT++ installation:

     cd ~/sim
     tar xzvf ~/Downloads/inet-20111118-src.tgz
   

8. Compile the INET framework:

     cd ~/sim/inet
     make makefiles
     make
   

9. Download the latest OverSim snapshot OverSim-20121206.tgz and extract in next to your OMNeT++ installation:

     cd ~/sim
     tar xzvf ~/Downloads/OverSim-20121206.tgz
   

10. Compile OverSim (for ReaSE support read the following instructions):

      cd ~/sim/OverSim
      make makefiles
      make
    

Congratulations - now you should have a working OverSim installation! For instructions how to use OverSim look at OverSimUsage.

How to use Eclipse to compile OverSim

You can also use the included Eclipse IDE to compile OverSim:

• Start Eclipse with omnetpp
• Create a new workspace by choosing a new workspace directory on Eclipse startup
• File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace->Next->select the inet directory->Finish
• Repeat the same steps for the OverSim project
• The build process should start automatically - if not, hit Ctrl->B

How to build OverSim for a simulation machine or embedded device without X11

• You don't have to install Tcl/Tk, if you only need Cmdenv. Add the following option to omnetpp-4.2.2/configure.user:

    NO_TCL=true
  

• Use "make MODE=release" to compile INET and OverSim for optimized binaries without debug information.