1.

Mount COMSOL DVD into virtual DVD drive and start installation with shell:

./setup

NOTE: IF running on VM with number of processors smaller than maximum installed,

set COMSOL_NUM_NUMA=<number of sockets> or COMSOL_NUM_NUMA=1 for ordinary PC to
avoid error at startup:

export COMSOL_NUM_NUMA=1
./setup

2. Select "_SolidSQUAD_/LMCOMSOL_Multiphysics_SSQ.lic" to install COMSOL

Multiphysics
--or--
Select "_SolidSQUAD_/LMCOMSOL_Server_SSQ.lic" to install COMSOL Server

3. Select Components, Installation folder and options.

At installation step "Options" untick "Check for updates after installation" and

"Enable automatic check for updates"

4. (OPTIONAL) If installing COMSOL Server:

4.1 Open terminal as user who installed COMSOL Server (typically, as root)
CD to COMSOL Server installation directory (where comsolsetup.log resides)
and run "comsol_Server_Workaround.sh"

4.2 Wait until script completes

5. Run "<COMSOL Installation directory>/bin/comsol multiphysics" or click on

desktop
shortcut
--or--
Run "<COMSOL Installation directory>/bin/comsol server". Specify login and
password
for COMSOL Server administrative user. The server starts

6. (OPTIONAL) If installing COMSOL Server, open "http://localhost:2036" and login

with
the COMSOL Server user account and password

NOTE: If the user and password do not match, run "<COMSOL Installation
directory>/setup"
and select "Add/remove components and reinstall", then recreate
administrative user

7. Enjoy!

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