Install and use mininet
# sudo apt install pip
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git vim-nox python-setuptools python-all-dev flex bison traceroute
sudo apt install python3-pip
git clone git://github.com/mininet/mininet
cd mininet
git tag # list available versions
git checkout 2.3.0d3 # or whatever version you wish to install
cd ..
mininet/util/install.sh -a
# or choose ami ami-96139ba6