RHEL/CentOS Linux installation guide

This article provides the standard installation process of Lumerical's products on RHEL and CentOS.

Requisite

• root or sudo access
• Internet access to download/install dependencies.

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

Note: The default installation process using the 'install.sh' script will install into the directory.

/opt/lumerical/[[verpath]]

1. 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.
2. Follow the directions on the screen and enter desired options to complete the installation.
3. Connect to your license server

$ cd ~/Downloads/Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}/
$ sudo sh ./install.sh

Uninstall Lumerical

1. Open a terminal/command prompt. 
2. Uninstall Lumerical with sudo or as root.

$ sudo yum remove Lumerical-[[ver]]-{version_number}.x86_64

See also

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation guide

Ubuntu Linux installation guide

Installing on a network or shared directory 

Installing without root access