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Lumerical installation guide using the stand-alone installer for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 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]]

Requisites

  • Ansys Optics 2021 R2 and newer.
  • root or sudo access.
  • Subscription to SUSE Linux for repository access.
  • Internet access to download and install dependencies.
  • Install required libraries/packages.

Installation process

  • Download the Lumerical stand-alone installer in the Primary packages section. See this KB for more information.
  • 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-{version_number}.tar.gz
cd Lumerical-{version_number}/rpm_install_files
sudo zypper install Lumerical-{version_number}.rpm
  • Continue with the installation and enter "y".
  • Then ignore the 'Signature verification message' by entering "i" when prompted.
Overall download size: 1.03 GiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 12.6 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Lumerical-{version_number}.el7.x86_64.rpm: Package header is not signed!
Lumerical-{version_number}.el7.x86_64 (Plain RPM files cache): Signature verification failed [6-File is unsigned]
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
  • Install the following dependencies, 
  • Create soft link,
sudo zypper install libjpeg62 libglut3 libpng12-0 libncurses5
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9  /usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2
  • Open 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 Optics

  1. Open Terminal and run the Ansys Optics CAD from the Launcher using the "New Project" button to the right of the solver/product.
  2. 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 &

See also

Required Linux libraries for Optics Products 

Custom installation or on shared filesystem in Linux  

Uninstalling Ansys Lumerical

 

Associated files

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