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The latest version of MSC.Nastran that currently supports Linux is version 2024.2. The installation instructions are fairly straightforward: first, install the license server, then install the main program, and finally set up the license server. In practice, however, there are several common pitfalls that need to be taken into consideration.

1. Install the MSC License Server

Enter the folder where the program is located and run the license server installation file. By default, the graphical installation interface will launch, showing a message that Ubuntu is not supported. Here, the text-based installation interface is accessed using --mode console.

Ansa natively supports Linux¹, but commonly available installation packages online are all Windows-based. On Linux, Windows programs can be run using Wine emulation. Below, we attempt to run Ansa on a Linux platform using Wine.

1. Install Wine

The distribution used here is Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Wine is installed via apt. It is recommended to install the vkd3d library to enhance graphics performance.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install wine wine64 libvkd3d-dev vkd3d-compiler 

Run winecfg to view the Wine settings. If Windows fonts are not installed, certain characters, such as Chinese, will appear as squares.

Recently, due to business reasons, I have been collaborating with a certain supercomputing supplier, and during the process, there were issues related to deploying Abaqus software. Although the platform’s customer service provided an installation plan, for someone like me who loves tinkering, I wouldn’t rest until I solved it myself, and I could also take the opportunity to write an article about it.

1. Platform Configuration

I won’t go into which platform it is, anyway, they didn’t pay me for advertising.