Notes
- 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 article provides the installation process for the Lumerical stand-alone installer on RHEL and Rocky Linux with the Gnome desktop environment.
- The process will install Lumerical in the "opt" folder in the root directory and will require root/sudo access
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]
- To install on a custom or shared network location or without root access please refer to this Knowledge Base (KB).
Requisites
- Root/sudo access is required for the process shown in this article
- Internet access is needed to download/install dependencies.
- RHEL paid subscription is required for access to RedHat repositories.
- Refer to this KB for the list of required libraries/packages for RHEL/Rocky Linux.
Installation process
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Download the Lumerical stand-alone installer in the Primary packages section. See this KB for more information.
- Open/run terminal, and change directory to the download location (default, ~/Downloads) and unpack the installation files.
- 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.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar -xf Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.tar.gz - 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 a license from Ansys...".
- Follow the instructions below to configure your license:
- Choose "...configure my license only for Lumerical products" if you will be using only Ansys Lumerical products, then "Go to the licensing setup" and configure Ansys Lumerical to obtain the license from your server.
- If you are using Ansys Lumerical products together with either Ansys Speos® or Ansys Zemax OpticStudio® software, choose “configure my license for All Optics products” and configure your license as shown in this Knowledge Base.
- Request an evaluation license through the Lumerical Free Trials portal. For further information on the process, see the Knowledge Base article on How to request an evaluation license.
- If you are joining a workshop, consult with your workshop organizer to obtain a workshop license.
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.
- 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 *