Note: Starting in 2025R1, Lumerical products are now available in the Ansys automated installer. See Installing Lumerical Using the Ansys Automated Installer for more information.
This page shows the installation process for Ansys Optics simulation software on Ubuntu Linux with the default desktop environment.
Requisites
- Ansys Optics 2021 R2 and newer.
- root or sudo access.
- Internet access to download and install dependencies.
- Install required libraries/packages.
Installation process
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Download the Ansys Lumerical stand-alone installer in the Primary packages section in the Ansys Customer Portal > downloads page (registration required).
- Change the directory to the location of the installation file. ('Downloads' folder by default)
- Extract the installation files using 'tar'.
- Change the directory to the extracted RPM files and convert RPM to DEB packages.
Note: Convert RPM to DEB in a local drive/folder. Don't convert in a shared/mounted network location/folder. - This process might take several minutes to complete. Once completed you will get the message that: ".deb package has been generated".
- Install the 'deb' package.
cd ~/Downloads
tar -xf {installation_package}.tar.gz
cd {product_installation_folder}
cd rpm_install_files
sudo alien -k --scripts {installation_package}.rpm
sudo dpkg -i {installation_package}.deb
Important
If you have an updated version of 'cpio', you might encounter an error when converting the 'rpm' to 'deb' package. If this is the case, downgrade 'cpio' as shown below.
- Ubuntu 22
apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades cpio=2.13+dfsg-7
- Ubuntu 20
apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades cpio=2.13+dfsg-2
Otherwise, use the bundled 'extract-rpm.sh' script to extract the files into the current directory. The files can then be copied to your designated installation folder.
Ansys Optics Launcher
- Run the Ansys Optics Launcher
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/launcher
- Select "I have a license from Ansys...".
- Choose "...configure my license only for Lumerical products" if will be using only Ansys Lumerical products, then "Go to the licensing setup" and configure Ansys Lumerical to obtain the license from your server.
- Otherwise, "configure my license for All Optics products" if you are using Ansys Lumerical together with either Speos or Zemax and configure your license as shown in this Knowledge Base.
- If not, you can request a 7-day evaluation license to evaluate our tools.
- If you are joining a workshop, request the license using your workshop ID/code.
Running Ansys Lumerical
- Open Terminal and run the Ansys Lumerical CAD from the Launcher using the "New Project" button to the right of the solver/product.
- Run the CAD directly from the Terminal (default install path shown):
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/fdtd-solutions &
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/mode-solutions &
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/interconnect &
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/device &
Note: If an error is reported due to a missing file or library, search for the package that provides the missing file/library and install the package.