documentation web server --> abaqus 6.8.5 on ubuntu 8.04.3

[JamesDee]

Hello,

I have one question about Documentation Web Server or how can I start web server?

I want to start server with:


abaqus_dir/Documentation/installation_info/v6.8/startServer

but error appeared:


abaqus_dir/Documentation/bin/monitor.x: Command not found

I installed documentation, as is written in the Abaqus Installation and Licence Guide, with recomanded option that web server should be installed. Also in the Guide is written that server should be started as I try it but nothing. Does anybody have a clue where is a problem?

Thnx
JamesDee

[Jorgen]

Do you have the requested file:

abaqus_dir/Documentation/bin/monitor.x
on your computer?

-Jorgen

[JamesDee]

Hi Jorgen,
Yep there is the file and as normal user I have all permissions.
Thnx for support...

[Jorgen]

This is another area that is annoying. When I install the Abaqus documentation on a computer with a modern Linux distribution I do not usually even try to add it to a web server since it is not trivial to get the search feature to work. If I remeber right it asks for a termcap library, which is not used on recent Linux distributions.

It is likely possible add the documentation to a web server. It might even be easy. Unfortunately I have not spent the time to figure out how to make it work.

Does anyone know how to make it work??

-Jorgen

[JamesDee]

One warrning message appeared when I installed documentation on the Ubuntu:
***WARNING: We were unable to find the 32-bit system termcap library (libtermcap.so). This is library is required to serve and search the Abaqus HTML Documentation. Please install the 32-bit termcap package for your Linux distribution.

Library libtermcap.so is missing and it is not existing for Ubuntu. It is existing on open SUSE, Fedora, Red Hat ... and all supported distributions by abaqus.

I learn one thing from my problems. Do not install Abaqus on Ubuntu if you want that everything works properly.

Nice weekend
JamesDee

[FEM_Ben]

Hello FEM freaks,

great to see such a forum around. I often came along some of the posts here ...


One warrning message appeared when I installed documentation on the Ubuntu:
***WARNING: We were unable to find the 32-bit system termcap library (libtermcap.so). This is library is required to serve and search the Abaqus HTML Documentation. Please install the 32-bit termcap package for your Linux distribution.

Library libtermcap.so is missing and it is not existing for Ubuntu. It is existing on open SUSE, Fedora, Red Hat ... and all supported distributions by abaqus.

I learn one thing from my problems. Do not install Abaqus on Ubuntu if you want that everything works properly.

Nice weekend
JamesDee

I am sorry guys to deny, it is indeed possible to install Abaqus Documentation and Programs on Ubuntu properly using Subroutines, scripting, even with numpy, scipy ... from inside Abaqus. Here a quick howto for the termcap:

sudo apt-get install csh
sudo apt-get install alien
sudo alien termcap-32bit-2.0.8-951.x86_64.rpm
sudo dpkg -i termcap-32bit-2.0.8-951.x86_64.deb

Add this command to your startup applications (System -> Preferences -> Startup applications):
*Abaqus Documentation folder*/Documentation/bin/monitor.x

Enjoy and have fun running Abaqus Documentation on Ubuntu.
Cheers
Ben

P.S. This works also for 10.10 and 11.04

[Jorgen]

Very COOL :cool:

I will definitely try this when I install the new 6.11 which is coming out any day now.

-Jorgen