Abaqus 6.10-2 64 bit on Linux

Abaqus supports only RedHat and Suse Enterprise (commercial) Linux distributions. For any other Linux distribution, there are several problems and obstacles in installation and then some potential problems during the use of the program.  This document is a tutorial about how to install Abaqus 6.10-2 64bit on "Linux Mint 64 bit v10 (Julia)". Linux Mint is a very similar distribution to Ubuntu (both based on Debian). So, depending on the version and distribution of Linux there may be different problems and different workarounds may be required:

 Instructions:

1- Extract the software DVD iso to the disk (some directory under  /home is recommended (e.g.: /home/Abaqus6102))

2- Acquire root priviliges with the sudo su - command

Command promp should have a loook like: root@ubuntu :~# 

3- Create another directory to install Abaqus (e.g. mkdir /home/pcuser/abaqp where pcuser is the username and the profile directory, it will differ in your case depending on your username), change the directory to this location and start the setup from the directory that you have extracted the DVD iso. Abaqus will be installed into this abaqp directory.

Commands:

mkdir /home/pcuser/abaqp

cd /home/pcuser/abaqp

./home/Abaqus6102/setup -nosystemcheck

4- Possible problems that may block setup to start:

i-) C-shell may not be installed in the system: get and install it by the command:

apt-get install csh 

ii-) Setup requires Java runtime, update or install java re in the system:

apt-get install sun-java6-jre

if jre is not adequate try these in addition:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts 

(At some step during Java setup, you need to type "YES" to confirm the agreement and proceed, even this is not stated in anywhere)

iii-) Some "access right error" messages and problems can be encountered during the extraction of the iso file or the initialization of the setup, to avoid these give write permissions to these directories:

e.g.: chmod 777 -R /home/pcuser/abaqp

e.g.: chmod 777 -R /home/Abaqus6102

6- When graphic setup interface appears:

To install Abaqus; select "Product" as "Installation Type". When "License Server" is asked it should be entered as 1701@beluga.cc.metu.edu.tr . You may get an error message after license server information is entered, ignore the message and finish the installation.

If you prefer to have documentation you should install it before the software. The documentation is not a requirement for the setup.

8- Enter the command

export PATH=$PATH:/home/pcuser/abaqp/Commands/ 

Note: /home/pcuser/abaqp path depends on your directory name and location choices, please  modify the command respectively.

9- Use abaqus cae  to run the software.

10- During the first run there may be errors due to the absent libraries in the operating system which are required by Abaqus:

e.g.: “error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5”

Necessary libraries should be found and installed

e.g.: aptitude install libstdc++5

11- You may get an error message about the license server information is entered during the setup , ignore the message and finish the installation. If you get this error after first run, please edit the file abaqus_v6.env located at /home/pcuser/abaqp/6.10-2/site and make sure that the last line is as follows: abaquslm_license_file="1701@beluga.cc.metu.edu.tr" 

To do this

i-) cd /home/pcuser/abaqp/6.10-2/site/   

ii-) edit abaqus_v6.env  in the directory site by an editor

(e.g.: vi abaqus_v6.env  or gedit abaqus_v6.env )

abaquslm_license_file="1701@beluga.cc.metu.edu.tr" 

i-) export PATH=$PATH:/home/pcuser/abaqp/Commands/

ii-) abaqus cae

export PATH=$PATH:/home/pcuser/abaqp/Commands/ line to the file and save it.

15- After being sure that Abaqus works fine, you can delete the DVD iso file and the directory that the iso is extracted  (e.g: /home/Abaqus6102) to save disk space.

Note: Please note that all the  /home/pcuser/abaqp path mentioned in the tutorial may be different depending on your directory name and location choices, please  modify the commands respectively.