How to install Abaqus CAE from DVD

Abaqus CAE

Instructions for installing Abaqus on a computer that does not have a DVD reader.

On Windows, you can install Abaqus from a remote DVD-ROM device if it has been defined as a share. Setting
up the DVD-ROM device as a share must be performed by a user with Administrator privileges. To install Abaqus
from a shared remote DVD-ROM, connect to that drive and perform the installation as if the drive were local.
Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths are not supported by the installation procedures.

To perform an Abaqus installation on a computer that does not have direct or remote access to a DVD reader,
you must copy the required directories from the installation DVD to a location that is accessible by the target
computer.

Abaqus documentation requires all directories and files on the Documentation DVD.

Abaqus product and licensing requires the directories and files below on the Licensing & Product DVD

    <dvd>:\common    
    <dvd>:\<platform>
    <dvd>:\setup.exe (Windows only)
    <dvd>:\setup (UNIX only)

where <dvd> is the drive letter (Windows) or mount point (UNIX/Linux) of the Abaqus installation DVD,
and <platform> is the platform-specific directory corresponding to the target installation computer.
Descriptions for the platform directories are as follows:

     Directory   Platform
     ---------   ------------
     ibm       =  AIX/Power
     lnx86_64  =  Linux/x86_64
     linux64   =  Linux/Itanium
     win86_32  =  Windows/x86_32
     win86_64  =  Windows/x86_64

The UNIX utilities cp and rcp are convenient for this purpose. When copying files between different platforms
(particularly between UNIX and Windows), special care may be needed to preserve the original file permissions
and the file name case. In general, read and execute permissions on all files are sufficient for proper execution.

Once the files have been copied, execute setup.exe (Windows) and setup (UNIX) to launch the
installation procedure on the target computer.