INSTALL

Make sure you are downloading WelSim software from the welsim.com domain. Do not use any other download source.

Official installer links can be found on welsim.com/download and this wiki page.

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To install the WelSim, follow the instructions according to your operating system. After installing, follow the remaining instructions in the Quick Start Guide to run the software. You should read the release notes and the wiki/repository FAQ.

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Minimum Specs

The minimum supported specs are

• Quad-core 3.0 GHz CPU (must be 64 bit)
• 4 GB Ram
• C++ redistributable 2015-2019
• Intel Fortran Compiler redistributable 2015

Windows

Install the Windows installer - WelSim Windows

As the WelSim code signing certificate belongs to WelSimulation LLC, you will likely have to ask to keep the download and when you run the installer, you will have to choose "Trust WelSimulation LLC" and "Run" to be able to run the installer. There is no need to use the command line. Some Windows anti-virus applications are seeing the download as a false positive.

You can now proceed to the Quick Start Guide

Ubuntu/Debian

We have an GUI installer (x86_64) for Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop and newer and Debian Buster w GUI and newer.

Follow below install instructions for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Before running WELSIM application on your Linux computer, please ensure that your system is already configured with libraries: gfortran, libGL, libGLU, libXmu.

For the Ubuntu distribution, you can run the commands below to install the required dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gfortran libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa

Note that you may be required to provide the super user's password to complete those commands.

Installer wizard guide

1. Open a terminal window, and allocate it to the directory that contains the downloaded WELSIM file. Input the command below to run the installer.

$ chmod +x WelSim19Ubuntu.run
$ ./WelSim19Ubuntu.run

2. Choose the installation directory
3. Select the modulus - WELSIM
4. Accept the license
5. Confirmation
6. Installation completed

CentOS/Red Hat/Fedora

We have an GUI installer for RH/CentOS 8.0 and Fedora 28 and newer.

Before running WELSIM application on your Linux computer, please ensure that your system is already configured with libraries: gfortran, libGL, libGLU, libXmu.

For the Ubuntu distribution, you can run the commands below to install the required dependencies:

$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install gcc-gfortran mesa-libGLU mesa-libGL

Note that you may be required to provide the super user's password to complete those commands.

The install process is identical to the Ubuntu version.