Installing a Hot Fix

Follow these steps to install any hot fix.

  1. Get the hot fix media for your operating system.

    The naming convention for the hot fix media is:

    VERSION.HFLEVEL.PRODUCT.PLATFORM.EXT

    where EXT is .zip on Windows and .tar on Linux.

    For example, for Windows:

    V6Rxxxx.FP.CFA.yyww.Part_3DEXP_SIMULATIONSERVICES.Windows64.zip
xxxx.FP.CFA.yyww.Part_SIMULIA_Abaqus_CAE.Windows64.zip

    As shown, the Abaqus services/solvers naming (the first item) differs slightly from the other products. For all products, xxxx designates the release number, and yyww designates the year and week.

  2. If you obtained the hot fix media in a Windows .zip file or Linux .tar file, extract (unpack) the archive to a temporary directory.
  3. Start the hot fix installer. The installer can be run as a graphical user interface (GUI), as a command-line text user interface (TUI), or silently.

    To start the installer with a graphical user interface, execute the following file on Windows with the right-click Run as administrator option:

    <extract_dir>\1\setup.exe

    To start the installer on Linux with a graphical user interface, execute the following file:

    <extract_dir>/1/StartGUI.sh

  4. Install the hot fix in exactly the same manner as the GA software, using either the GUI, TUI, or silent mode.
  5. Specify the installation directory to upgrade, and click Next.
  6. Click Install.

The hot fix delta installers are cumulative. This means that the hot fix media does not contain all files—it only contains the files that are different from the previous hot fix or from the GA of the same version.

For example, having installed GA and HF1, the HF2 installation will not remove the HF1 files and then install the HF2 files. Only the HF2 files that are different from the HF1 files or from the GA files will be installed. Existing files modified by the HF are simply replaced. New files are added. If existing files are installed by the HF in another location, these files will not be removed during HF installation.

Since the HF media are cumulative, there is no need to install all HF versions until the needed HF version. For example, it is possible to install the GA, then HF3, then HF5 without installing the intermediary HF1, HF2 and HF4.

The HF media must always be installed in the same directory as the GA version. Hot fixes must belong to the same major version, for example Abaqus 2024.