Installing the License Manager
The license manager components are automatically installed when installing the COMSOL software unless otherwise specified on the Products page of the COMSOL Installer; see Products Page. The checkbox for the license manager components can be found last in the list of software components.
If you want to install COMSOL on the same computer as the license manager, perform a complete COMSOL installation and make sure to include the license manager components.
If you want to install the license manager on a computer where running the COMSOL Installer is inconvenient, please contact COMSOL Support for access to the files needed for installing only the license manager.
license manager page
See License Manager Page for information about the license manager settings in the installer. For macOS, this page also contains some additional settings:
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In the User to run license manager field, enter the username for the user that will run the license manager. If left empty, the root user will run the license manager, which is not recommended from a security point of view.
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Optionally, specify a group the user belongs to in the Group of the user field.
Note: The License Manager page only appears if the installer is started by a superuser (such as root or by using sudo).
To run the installer with sudo:
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Open the DMG-file in Finder.
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Right-click COMSOL 6.4 Installer and select Show Package Contents.
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Navigate to Contents > Resources and locate the setup executable.
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Open a Terminal window.
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Click and drag the setup executable to the terminal window. The full path should be copied to the command prompt.
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In the terminal, add sudo to the start of the command.
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Run the command, which should resemble something like this:
sudo /Volumes/COMSOL64_macarm64/COMSOL\ 6.4\ Installer.app/Contents/Resources/setup
or
sudo /Volumes/COMSOL64_maci64/COMSOL\ 6.4\ Installer.app/Contents/Resources/setup
depending on the CPU architecture.
When finished, skip the remainder of this section and continue with Starting the License Manager.
To install only the license manager, follow the installation instructions for COMSOL earlier in this document, and, on the Products page, clear all checkboxes except the one for the license manager.
automated license manager installation
Alternatively, the license manager can be installed using an automated installation process with minimal user interaction; for this option, see Automated Installation. Set licmanager = 1 in the answer file to install the license manager. It is also possible to automatically configure the license manager to run as a service. Use licmanager.service = 1 in the setupconfig.ini file and provide values for the other licmanager.service.* lines.