updated: 2003-03-10 RE

How to install Fluent & Gambit on Linux

This document describes how to install fluent and gambit on local PC's running the Linux plattforms. Made by Rune Engeskaug (SINTEF).

1. Fluent
2. Gambit


1. Fluent

Linux/Unix Installation Instructions:

Product :

Download the desired electronic package into an empty temporary directory. Extract the contents of the package using:

tar -xf package_name

Once extracted, run:

./fluent_install

to install the product. Each downloadable package must be unpackaged into a clean directory and installed individually. Do not unpackage them all to install multiple packages. You may specify the same destination Fluent.Inc directory for the packages when prompted by the fluent_install script.

Documentation:

Download the documentation package and save the file into a temporary directory. Go into the Fluent.Inc directory (cd /install_path/Fluent.Inc) just created by the product installation (must install product first). Extract the fluentdoc.tar.Z by entering:

zcat /path_to_tmpdir/fluentdoc.tar.Z | tar -xf -

 

2. Gambit

Linux/Unix Installation Instructions:

Product:

Download the desired electronic package into an empty temporary directory. Extract the contents of the package using:

tar -xf package_name

Once extracted, run:

./fluent_install

to install the product. Each downloadable package must be unpackaged into a clean directory and installed individually. Do not unpackage them all to install multiple packages. You may specify the same destination Fluent.Inc directory for the packages when prompted by the fluent_install script.

Documentation:

Download the documentation package and save the file into a temporary directory. Go into the Fluent.Inc directory (cd /install_path/Fluent.Inc) just created by the product installation (must install product first). Extract the gambitdoc.tar.Z by entering:

zcat /path_to_tmpdir/gambitdoc.tar.Z | tar -xf -