This page shows the installation process for Lumerical simulation software on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop with the Gnome desktop environment.
Note: The process shown will install Lumerical in the "opt" folder in the root directory.
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]
Requisites
- Lumerical 2021 R2 and newer.
- Subscription to SUSE Linux for repository access.
- Internet access to download and install dependencies from the repo.
- root or sudo access.
Installation process
- Install the following dependencies:
sudo zypper install libjpeg62 libglut3 libpng12-0 libncurses5
- Create soft link:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9 /usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2
- Download Lumerical's Linux installation package from the downloads page. (registration required)
- Unpack the installation file,
- Change to the directory where the rpm files are stored.
- Install the rpm package using zypper.
- This will check for dependencies on your system and install them.
- Ignore the signature verification when prompted.
- Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
cd /location_of_installer/
tar -xf Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.tar.gz
cd Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}/rpm_install_files
sudo zypper install Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.rpm
- Ignore the error message and enter "i" when prompted that the "package header not signed".
Lumerical-2022R2-3-c05f04f.el7.x86_64.rpm: Package header is not signed!
Lumerical-2022R2-3-c05f04f.el7.x86_64 (Plain RPM files cache): Signature verification failed [6-File is unsigned]
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
- Open the Ansys Optics Launcher
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/launcher
- Select "I have license from Ansys" and proceed to the "licensing setup" when prompted.
- Alternately, you may request a free 30-day evaluation license.
- In the Licenses tab, configure Lumerical obtain the license from your license server.
- 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.
- Remove Lumerical using zypper.
sudo zypper remove Lumerical-[[ver]]
See also
RHEL/CentOS Linux installation guide
Ubuntu Linux installation guide