NAM GUI does not display

Question

I just started using Ubuntu and I need to run NS2 with the NAM gui.

I successfully installed ns2 and nam and I am able to run ns2 scripts.

However when I try to open NAM from the Terminal, it simply does not work.

When I run nam from the terminal, I get the message :

nam:

example

The terminal prompt then immediately comes back.

I am using Ubuntu in a GUI environment.

Output of echo "$DISPLAY" :

mehdihaddoud@mehdihaddoud-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/TP$ echo "$DISPLAY" :0 mehdihaddoud@mehdihaddoud-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/TP$

Answer 1

nam Network Animator for network simulation can be installed by the following command in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu.

sudo apt install nam

To launch Nam Console GUI from the terminal type nam