How to Install ABAQUS on an Updated Linux Computer

[Jorgen]

The current version of ABAQUS (v6.6) is only supported on very old Linux distribution (e.g. SuSe 8.2), and the installation CD does not work on many recent Linux distributions. Fortunately, it is possible to install ABAQUS also on modern distributions such as Ubuntu 6.10, and ABAQUS runs great also on up to date versions of Linux. The following steps demonstrate the procedure...


The following steps can be taken to install ABAQUS on a modern Linux computer:

(1) copy all files from the install CD to the hard drive (e.g. to /tmp)
(2) find the two files with the name: install.bin
(3) edit these files with a text editor, specifically
replace: "export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL"
with: "#xport LS_ASSUME_KERNEL"
(4) change directory to the directory in which you want ABAQUS installed (e.g. /opt/abaqus)
(5) start the installation using the -nosystemscheck flag (e.g. type /tmp/setup -nosystemchecks)

Note, the install.bin files contain both shell commands and binary data. For the installation to succeed you cannot change the length of these files. Hence, in step 3 we remove the LS_ASSUME_KERNEL command withough changing the file length.

Best of luck, and let's hope ABAQUS starts supporting modern Linux distributions soon!
Jorgen

[6DOF]

Jorgen,

I'm giving Linux a try again after several years. I'm not that familiar with it still.

I stumbled on your post and am trying to install Abaqus 6.7 on Ubuntu 8.04. When I try to edit both install.bin files, the default text editor doesn't recognize the text code and won't open the files. I ended up using OpenOffice, because it is the only program install that will open them. However, I believe it changed the file length.

What editor did you use to edit these files?

TIA

[Jorgen]

I used vi. You should also be able to use emacs, or any other pure text editor.

- Jorgen