This article provides the standard installation process of Lumerical's products on RHEL and CentOS.
Note: The process shown will install Lumerical in the "opt" folder in the root directory.
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]
Requisite
- 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 -zxf 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 launcher and configure Lumerical connect to your license server.
/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]/bin/launcher
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