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Installing Abaqus 6.13-4 on Ubuntu Linux
2014-11-03 09:37:13 +0200
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Pre-installation

  • First, install csh. That's because the default shell that Abaqus installer use is csh.

    $ sudo apt install csh tcsh

  • Create link for necessary C libraries

    $ sudo ln -s /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6

    or

    $ sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6

  • Install libjpeg62, libstdc++5 and xfonts-75dpi if not installed

    $ sudo apt install libjpeg62 libstdc++5 xfonts-75dpi

Installation

  • Install License Server following the manual
  • Install Abaqus following the manual

Post-installation

  • Create link for temporary files

    $ sudo ln -s /tmp /usr/tmp

  • Create alias for running license manager

    alias lm="/opt/abaqus/License/lmgrd -c /opt/abaqus/License/abq6134.dat -l /tmp/abq6134.log"

  • Set the environment variable export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 in .profile or make alias

    alias abaqus="XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 /opt/abaqus/Commands/abaqus"

  • If hardware acceleration is unnecessary, one can run Abaqus/CAE by

    $ abaqus cae -mesa

  • If hardware acceleration is needed, one needs to modify /usr/bin/Xorg at one's own risk:

    #!/bin/sh
#
# Execute Xorg.wrap if it exists otherwise execute Xorg directly.
# This allows distros to put the suid wrapper in a separate package.

basedir=/usr/lib/xorg-server
if [ -x "$basedir"/Xorg.wrap ]; then
    exec "$basedir"/Xorg.wrap "$@"
else
    exec "$basedir"/Xorg "$@" +iglx
fi

    This is because newer version of Xorg has disabled indirect OpenGL rendering.

    An alternative way is install libosmesa6, which is actually pointing to a newer version.

    $ sudo apt install libosmesa6

    Or one may use an older version of the libraries provided by Abaqus:

    ABQLIB=/opt/abaqus/6.13-4/code/bin/SMAExternal/mesa/full
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ABQLIB:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

References

  1. http://blog.yeguang-xue.com/2017/01/18/abaqus-installation
  2. https://polymerfem.com/forum/finite-element-modeling/computer-software-aa/3288-glx-error-when-launching-abaqus-on-debian