COMSOL 4.

2 PC/Windows Installation Instructions

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For details see the section "Installing COMSOL on Windows" in the
printed Installation and Operations Guide for COMSOL 4.2 or in the
file install.pdf on this DVD. Find brief instructions below.

Before You Begin

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Check that your system meets the system requirements. Make sure you
have a passcode or a license file ready.

Installing COMSOL
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Insert the DVD into the DVD drive. The Introduction window should
appear automatically; if not, run the file setup.exe on the DVD.

Follow the instructions in the installation program.

Some COMSOL license types require that you also install a license
manager before running a COMSOL software product. If you install
COMSOL software with a passcode, no license manager is needed. If you
install it with a license file, you need to install the license
manager if the license file contains a line starting with the word
SERVER. Please see the section "License Manager Installation" in the
Installation and Operations Guide.

Running COMSOL
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* Running standalone COMSOL Multiphysics: Click the "COMSOL
Multiphysics 4.2" shortcut on the desktop or choose the
"COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2" item on the Windows Start menu in
the "COMSOL 4.2" folder.

* Running COMSOL Multiphysics with MATLAB: Choose the "COMSOL 4.2

with MATLAB" item on the Windows Start menu in the COMSOL 4.2
folder.

COMSOL 4.2 Mac OS X Installation Instructions

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For details see the section "Installing COMSOL on Mac OS X" in the
printed Installation and Operations Guide for COMSOL 4.2 or in the
file install.pdf on this DVD. Find brief instructions below.

Before You Begin

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Check that your system meets the system requirements.
Make sure you have a passcode or a license file ready.

Installing COMSOL
-----------------
Insert the DVD into the DVD drive and launch the "COMSOL Installer"
application. The Introduction window should now appear. Follow the
instructions in the installation application.

Some COMSOL license types require that you also install a license
manager before running a COMSOL software product. If you install
COMSOL software with a passcode, no license manager is needed. If you
install it with a license file, you need to install the license
manager if the license file contains a line starting with the word
SERVER. Please see the section "License Manager Installation" in the
Installation and Operations Guide.

Running COMSOL
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* Running standalone COMSOL Multiphysics: Launch the "COMSOL
Multiphysics" application in the comsol41 folder.

* Running COMSOL Multiphysics with MATLAB: Launch the "COMSOL with

MATLAB" application. This application first launches MATLAB and then
launches the COMSOL Multiphysics graphical user interface.

COMSOL 4.2 Linux Installation Instructions

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For details see the section "Installing COMSOL on Linux" in the
COMSOL Installation and Operations Guide or in the file install.pdf on
this DVD. Find brief instructions below.

Before You Begin

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Check that your system meets the system requirements.
Make sure you have a license file ready.

Mounting the DVD

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Mount the COMSOL installation DVD using the Rockridge extensions to
the ISO9660 format. This works automatically with the standard mount
command on Linux and Solaris.

Starting the Installation Program

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The installation program is an X-Windows application, and thus needs
access to an X-Windows display. Make sure that your DISPLAY variable
is set up correctly and that you have access to your X-Windows
display. Try the command xclock to test that your X-Windows display
is working properly. To install COMSOL in a system directory such as
/usr/local you need to run the installation program as the root user.

To start the installation, type the command

sh {drive path}/setup

where {drive path} refers to the mount point of the DVD-ROM

drive on your system, for example, /media/cdrom.

Installing COMSOL
-----------------
Follow the instructions in the installation program.

The license manager must be installed and started before running a

COMSOL software product with the exception of trial licenses, which do
not require a license manager. See the section "License Manager
Installation" in the COMSOL Installation and Operations Guide for
details. You can install your COMSOL software products and the license
manager in any order.

Running COMSOL
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In the bin directory under the installation directory comsol41,
the command comsol is present. You should include this directory in
your Linux path.

To start standalone COMSOL Multiphysics: Run the comsol command

without arguments.

To start COMSOL Multiphysics with MATLAB: Run the comsol command with
the argument matlab: "comsolserver matlab".