
Note: If you are using RHEL or Centos, you will likely need to install a more up-to-date compiler than the default search for how to enable 'software collections' or 'devtoolset' on these distributions.Linux (x86 and x86_64): gcc/g++ versions 8 and above.

Ns-3 is supported and currently tested on the following primary platforms: The below instructions are per-platform instructions for supplemental packages that enable optional features of ns-3 or companion tools. Ns-3 is primarily developed on GNU/Linux and macOS platforms, and the minimal requirements to run basic simulations are a C++ compiler either g++ or clang++ compiler, build system ( CMake and either make or ninja), and Python (version 3) interpreter.
