1) download the Tar-gzipped source ns-allinone-2.27-oolsr-0.99.15.tar.gz from "http://hipercom.inria.fr/OOLSR/downloads.html" 2) unzip 3) untar 4) apply the patch "patch -p0 -l < ns227-fc4.patch 5) cd ns-allinone-2.27-oolsr-0.99.15 6) ./install 7) follow the directions for PATH, TCL_LIBRARY, LD_LIBRARY_PATH 8) to test if olsr work...run the script that comes with the distribution cd ns-allinone-2.27-oolsr-0.99.15/ns2.27/oolsr ns test-unicast.tcl