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Hello all,

This is one way to install abaqus 6.8-1 in linux distros like centOS-5 and fedora-9. Might also work in debian/ubuntu.

Note: You need valid license and license file from abaqus

1. Prerequisites

Follow distro's documentation to perform these steps.

Install required packages:

a. Java JDK. Sun java preferred.
b. libXp
c. libstdc++5 (compat-libstdc++-33 for centOS)
d. csh

All steps require administrative (root) access, unless specified.

2. Preliminary steps

a. Copy the contents of the CD/DVD to, say, /sourcedir. Make sure that you have rw access.
b. Create installation directory.


3. Install Documentation

It's recommended to stay in the $HOME directory for the entire procedure with root access

First make the 'setup' in the /source executable.
(Making these files executable is most likely not necessary.)

and execute by


Follow instructions and give /tmp as the scratch dir. Instruct to install the doc in


Once the documentation is complete move to the next step.

Note: We use the 'setup' file in the appropriate architecture (linux32/linux64) to perform the license and product installation.
One can also use the install.bin (after making it executable like in step-3) file in the doc or product/..pathto../install.bin directory to install the same. Sometimes it might throw some error because it looks for JVM in the wrong places.

4. Install License

Make 'setup' given in the appropriate architecture folder executable. Using this setup one can install both license and product.


and follow instructions and select 'install license only'.
Give the server details as 27003@YourComputerName.
Instruct to install the doc in /opt/abaqus681

Network installation (most common). Contact you System admin to obtain location of the license server.

If this is a local install
Do not try to start the license server now. Quit the installer.
Copy the license file you bought from abaqus to the /opt/abaqus681/License directory.

5. Install product

First, need to start the license server.Open up a new terminal and as a normal user (NOT as root!)


and make sure that the server is up and running. That is, no errors.. Hopefully.

Run the installer by


Location to be installed: /opt/abaqus681/

if everything works fine then well and good. Logout off root and proceed to next step.

6. Launch the product

Remember that the license server is still running. If you stopped it or a reboot occurred then start the server by the command given in Step-5



and you should get the CAE up and running.

Note: Error such as the one shown below can come up.

Quote: /..../Python/Obj/Python.exe: error while loading shared libraries: /...../exec/lbr/libABQUTI_Zlib.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

SElinux may be preventing the launcher from executing properly. You can turn that off as being root

or use the gui to turn it off. (Gnome) System>Administration>SElinux management. Or it may be listed as security.
If anyone has a better way of addressing this, please post it in this thread.


To stop, just quit the CAE and shutdown the license server by


Of course, you can write shell scripts to automate these process. Good luck.
Hope that helped.

Please leave your comments and corrections.
If you have a different and simpler way to install, please let us know.
Thank you.

Thank you.

But, is it necessary to make the install files executable? It should work as the way it is. There is nothing wrong in doing so though.

Thanks for the how to. But I have a small question: can you run jobs in more than one processor? (i.e. can you use HP-MPI)

Yes you could. I use 2 or 4 processors depending on my job. specify either in job module or in .env file. let me know if that helps.

i have had no problem running it in multiple processors...

I forgot to say I'm using Ubuntu Hardy 64bit.

I've tried in two ways unsuccessfully: one by specifying the MPI folder and mpirun script's path, and another by forcing MPI=THREADS. None of them worked. Since Ubuntu is not officially supported by neither HP-MPI nor Abaqus, I'll assume there is some bug, access problem, or something I haven't figured out yet in between those programmes and the OS.

I haven't tried ubuntu. Have you tried setting the number of processors in the Job manager? Just to see?
I use the higmem/PAE kernel to get the most out of RAM while using 32bit.

You mean, by typing something like:
in the command line?

Yep. Didn't work.

(11-20-2008 11:34 AM)Van Fanel Wrote: [ -> ]You mean, by typing something like:

Code:

abq675 j=run int cpu=2

in the command line?

Yep. Didn't work.

I do not have abaqus running now. How about from CAE? I am not an expert on command line .

And I'm not an expert with the CAE... But I would assume the result is the same.
Command line and .inp programming are way better (at least for me) than CAE. There are lots of functionalities that are coded in Abaqus' core, but do not have a GUI-way for reproducing them in CAE.