This article provides the standard installation process of Lumerical's products on RHEL and CentOS with the Gnome desktop environment.
Note: The process shown will install Lumerical in the "opt" folder in the root directory.
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]
Requisites
- root or sudo access.
- Internet access to download/install dependencies.
- RHEL subscription for access to RedHat repositories.
Installation process
- Download the installation package. (registration required).
- Open terminal.
- Change directory to the download location (default, ~/Downloads) and unpack the installation files.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar -xf Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.tar.gz - Change directory to the extracted folder and run the install script with sudo access or as root. This will check your system and install any missing dependencies.
- Follow the directions on the screen and enter desired options to complete the installation.
$ cd ~/Downloads/Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}/
$ sudo sh ./install.sh
- Run the Ansys Optics Launcher.
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/launcher
- Select "I have license from Ansys" and proceed to the "licensing setup" when prompted.
- In the 'Licenses' tab, configure Lumerical to obtain the license from your license server.
- Alternatively, you may request a free 30-day evaluation license.
- If you are joining a workshop, request for a workshop license using your workshop ID/code.
Running Lumerical
- Open Terminal and run the Lumerical CAD from the Launcher using the "New Project" button to the right of the solver/product.
- Run the CAD directly from Terminal (default install path shown):
/opt/lumerical/v221/bin/fdtd-solutions &
/opt/lumerical/v221/bin/mode-solutions &
/opt/lumerical/v221/bin/interconnect &
/opt/lumerical/v221/bin/device *
Uninstall Lumerical
- Open Terminal.
- Uninstall using yum.
$ sudo yum remove Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.x86_64
See also
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation guide
Ubuntu Linux installation guide