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Ubuntu seems to not be officially supported by the Abaqus installation procedure. This guide shows how to install the necessary libraries and how to tweak the installation files in order to install Abaqus on Ubuntu 20.04. To successfully follow this guide you need writing privileges ('sudo').
Note:
This guide should also work for Abaqus6.14 (changing accordigly file names and paths) and Ubuntu 18.xx adn 19.xx, although I haven't tested it.
The standart Ubuntu relaase might not have one or more of the following libraries needed by Abaqus:
To install them open a terminal and execute the following commmand:
sudo apt update sudo apt install csh tcsh ksh gcc g++ gfortran libstdc++5 build-essential make libjpeg62 libmotif-dev```
Check the output of the installations and if there are errors try to install the ones that failed using the synaptic package manager. To install it, run:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install synaptic Once installed, open it and look for the aforementioned libraries and install them.
Since Ubuntu is not officially supported, trying to install Abaqus will result in an error. In order to fix it, prior launching the installation, locate all the Linux.sh files in the Abaqus installation folders, delete their content and past the following in each of them:
DSY_LIBPATH_VARNAME=LD_LIBRARY_PATH which lsb_release if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then echo "lsb_release is not found: check in the PDIR the list of installed packages for servers validation." exit 12 fi DSY_OS_Release="CentOS" #Override release setting, old: DSY_OS_Release=`lsb_release --short --id |sed 's/ //g'` echo "DSY_OS_Release=\""$ "\"" export DSY_OS_Release=$ export DSY_Skip_CheckPrereq=1 #Added to avoid prerequisite check if [[ -n $ ]]; then DSY_OS=$ echo "DSY_Force_OS=\""$ "\", use it for DSY_OS" return fi case $ in "RedHatEnterpriseServer"|"RedHatEnterpriseClient"|"RedHatEnterpriseWorkstation"|"CentOS") DSY_OS=linux_a64;; "SUSELINUX"|"SUSE") DSY_OS=linux_a64;; *) echo "Unknown linux release \""$ "\"" echo "exit 8" exit 8;; esac
Note the changes: 1) the release version was forced to be "CentOS" , and 2) checking of prerequisites was disabled.
Once all the prerequisites are installed and the installation files modified, it is possible to proceed with the installation:
cd path_to_abaqus_installation_folder\1 sudo ./StartGUI.sh this will start the installation for all the Abaqus-related products. Skip the installation of the FlexNET server (this will cause an error) and provceed with the installation using the default locations for the software:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/SimulationServices/V6R2019x /usr/SIMULIA/CAE/2019 Once the installation is complete you have to setup the license server.
sudo gedit /var/DassaultSystemes/Licenses/DSLicSrv.txt
and add to this file the line:
In order to run Abaqus from any location, execute the following comand sudo ln /var/DassaultSystemes/SIMULIA/Commands/abq2019 /usr/bin/abaqus
If there is any warning regarding OpenGL in the terminal during start, simply run Abaqus with -mesa parameter:
abaqus cae -mesa abaqus view -mesa
Create shortcut for CAE:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/abaquscae.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0 Name[en_US]=abaquscae Icon=/opt/SIMULIA/CAE/2019/linux_a64/CAEresources/graphic/icons/icoR_application.png Exec=sh -c "export FILE=%u && cd $(dirname $FILE) && abaqus cae database=$FILE -mesa" # Exec=abaqus cae database=%u -mesa Terminal=true Categories=Science;
Create shortcut for Viewer:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/abaqusviewer.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0 Name[en_US]=abaqusviewer Icon=/opt/SIMULIA/CAE/2019/linux_a64/CAEresources/graphic/icons/icoR_application.png Exec=sh -c "export FILE=%u && cd $(dirname $FILE) && abaqus viewer database=$FILE -mesa" # Exec=abaqus view database=%u -mesa Terminal=true Categories=Science;
Then make *.desktop executable:
Properties-->Permissions-->Allow executing file as program.
Delete LibreOffice mime type for ODB:
sudo gedit /usr/share/mime/packages/libreoffice.xml and comment tag:
mime-type type="application/vnd.sun.xml.base">
Add Abaqus mime types:
sudo gedit ~/.mime.types application/abaquscae cae application/abaqusviewer odb sudo gedit /usr/share/mime/packages/abaquscae.xml xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"> mime-type type="application/abaquscae"> comment>Abaqus CAEcomment> glob pattern="*.cae"/> mime-type> mime-info>
sudo gedit /usr/share/mime/packages/abaqusviewer.xml xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"> mime-type type="application/abaqusviewer"> comment>Abaqus Viewercomment> glob pattern="*.odb"/> mime-type> mime-info>
Then update MIME database:
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime Additionally install "MIME Type Editor" via software and edit file associations.
Create icons for Abaqus file types:
sudo cp 3DS.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity/mimes/256/application-abaquscae.svg sudo cp 3DS.svg /usr/share/icons/Humanity/mimes/256/application-abaqusviewer.svg sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/Humanity -f Open Abaqus CAE and check if it uses Courier-New and Verdana fonts:
lsof -c ABQcaeK | grep fonts Use xfontsel to check if chosen font is available on system.
Install MS core fonts and RESTART:
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer /opt/SIMULIA/CAE/2019/linux_a64/SMA/Configuration/Xresources/en_US/en_US_Dict.py /opt/DassaultSystemes/SimulationServices/V6R2019x/linux_a64/SMA/Configuration/Xresources/en_US/en_US_Dict.py and increase font size:
masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--10-*'] = r'-*-courier---normal--20-*' masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--12-*'] = r'-*-courier---normal--25-*' masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--14-*'] = r'-*-courier---normal--34-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--10-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--20-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--12-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--25-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--14-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--34-*'
For big displays font HELVETICA and sizes 17-20-25 are more appropriate:
masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--10-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--17-*' masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--12-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--20-*' masterDict[r'-*-courier---normal--14-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--25-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--10-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--17-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--12-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--20-*' masterDict[r'-*-helvetica---normal--14-*'] = r'-*-helvetica---normal--25-*'
To use gfortran edit:
/opt/DassaultSystemes/SimulationServices/V6R2019x/linux_a64/SMA/site/lnx86_64.env This guide is based on: