Installing as an Administrator (Windows) or Non-Root User (Linux)

You must be an Administrator user on Windows to install the SIMULIA Execution Engine. On Linux, however, root privileges are not required.

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Windows

You must use an Administrator user account on Windows to install the SIMULIA Execution Engine.

Installing the license server for the SIMULIA Execution Engine also requires Administrator privileges.

Linux

Root (superuser) privileges are not required to install the SIMULIA Execution Engine on Linux, and it is recommended that you install the SIMULIA Execution Engine as a non-root user. However, root permissions are usually needed beforehand to grant the installing user write access to the installation directory; for example, in /opt/SIMULIA/SEE/.

As a non-root user, you can install the SIMULIA Execution Engine in any directory to which you have write access. If an administrator creates a directory called /opt/SIMULIA/SEE/ and makes it writable, a non-root user can also install in /opt.