A temporary directory is created to hold the installation file (.rpm file). After the installation process the files are placed in /opt/functionbay/<CurrentVersion>. This type of installation can be referred to as a formal installation in the remainder of this document.
To create a temporary directory
1. Log in as superuser.
2. Type the following on the Linux console:
cd /tmp/
mkdir rdsolver
To load and install the RecurDyn Solver
3. Move the RecurDyn Solver installation file from the media to the temporary directory:
cp rdsolver-***.x86_64.rpm /tmp/rdsolver/
4. Change to the temporary directory and run the installation utility:
cd /tmp/rdsolver/
rpm -ivh rdsolver-***.x86_64.rpm
Note 1)
There may be some warning messages about a user that does not exist. This is because the user who “owns” the installation files does not exist on your computer. Please ignore these messages.
Note 2)
The rpm command unloads the RecurDyn Solver package to the directory /opt/functionbay/<CurrentVersion>, which it first creates. The license setup process refers to this same directory. If security restrictions prevent the installation of the RecurDyn Solver at a top level directory, then the combination of the rpm2cpio and cpio command can be used to place the files in a local directory:
rpm2cpio rdsolver-***.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
This directory structure of opt/functionbay is created within the local directory where the above command was executed. This type of installation is referred to as an informal installation in the remainder of this document.
Note 3)
When a version error occurred, then the “--force” RPM option can install without the error.
Example) If V9R4 version (rdsolver-v9r4-01.Official.x86_64.rpm) is already installed and the user want to install the V9R3 SP1 version (rdsolver-v9r3-02.sp1.x86_64.rpm). Then, the following error occurred.
“rpm -ivh rdsolver-v9r3-02.sp1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing… ####################### [100%]
package rdsolver-v9r4-01.Official.x86_64 (which is newer than rdsolver-v9r3-02.sp1.x86_64) is already installed”
The following command works in this case.
“rpm -ivh --force rdsolver-v9r3-02.sp1.x86_64.rpm”