Installing Castalia in Omnet++
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Use of Castalia simulator -Wireless Sensor Networks and Body Area Networks.
Complete Step By Step Solution from this link
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For this, I assume you have installed Omnet++ (version 4.6) and Castalia (version 3.3) in Linux (Ubuntu). If not you can download and install from the link below:
Omnet++ (version 4.6)
https://omnetpp.org/download/old
Castalia (version 3.3)
https://github.com/boulis/Castalia
Installation Guide for Omnet++
Before starting the installation, refresh the database of available packages. Type in the terminal:
$ sudo -i
$ sudo apt-get update
To install the required packages, type in the terminal:
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc g++ bison flex perl \python python3 qt5-default libqt5opengl5-dev tcl-dev tk-dev \libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev default-jre doxygen graphviz libwebkitgtk-1.0 openscenegraph-plugin-osgearth libosgearth-dev openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev libpcap-dev gnome-color-chooser nemiver
open a new terminal
$ sudo -i
reach the download section using the command cd
$ cd Downloads
unzip the omnet downloaded file in Download Section
$ cd omnetpp-4.6
$ . setenv
*space between . and setenv
$ pwd
** Now copy the path which is /home/user/Downloads/omnetpp-4.6
*** here user is your pc name
$ gedit ~/.bashrc
Add the following line at the end of the file, then save it:
export PATH=$PATH:/home/user/Downloads/omnetpp-4.6/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/home/user/Downloads/omnetpp-4.6/lib
**now closed the current terminal which is very important
open a new terminal
$ sudo -i
reach the download section using the command cd
$ cd Downloads
$ cd omnetpp-4.6
$ ./configure
$ make
Now omnet is installed in your system.
Coming back to question- How to install Castalia in omnet?
Installation Guide for Castalia++
open a new terminal
$ sudo -i
reach the download section using the command cd
$ cd Downloads
$ cd Castalia
$ ./makemake
$ make
Now Castalia is installed in your system
Next is to RUN your Omnet++ IDE and do as follows:
Create new empty Omnet++ Project:
File - New - Omnet++ Project.
Choose a project name (Eg: “castalia”) and click next.
Select Empty project and click Finish
Import the Castalia files:
Right click on the new Omnet++ project (“castalia”) and select Import
Select General - File System. Then click Next
Click Browse and search for your Castalia-3.3 directory (Root directory of the one you have downloaded and extracted) and click OK
Click on “Select All” button and then Finish.
You should now see the directory hierarchy under the project “castalia”
Changing NED source folders:
Right click the project (“castalia”) - Properties.
In the window that opens, expand OMNeT++ on the left side menu, and select “NED Source Folders”.
Expand the project name and mark “Simulations” and “src” directories as NED Source Folders. Click OK.
Edit the NED files in project folder(“castalia”) in main IDE:
Navigate into the project (“castalia”) - src
Open SensorNetwork.ned file and select the “source” tab
Add “.*” to the three import lines. You should end up with something like this: import wirelessChannel.*; import physicalProcess.*; import node.*;
Save the file
Now open src - node - Node.ned file and go to source tab
Add “.*” at the end of the import mobility manager line. You’ll end up with this: import node.mobilityManager.*;
Save the file.
Now you are done and should not see any errors. You can test it by running simulations under the Simulation folder.