Install DSV 2019 in Ubuntu 18 04 or Linux Mint 19 1

RR 2019-07-16

Before installing, go to the Biovia page, "System Requirements for Discovery Studio 2019 / Required Sytem Libraries (Linux). Note that Ubuntun and Mint are not officially supported. The system library names are those for RHEL or CentOS. However, if you then go to the Ubuntu packages page for your version, e.g., bionic, and enter the RHEL/CentOS package name, you can track down the equivalent Ubuntu version. After installing all required packages, then follow the steps below:

1. Download biovia_2019.ds2019client.bin to /home/username

2. chmod +x biovia_2019.ds2019client.bin

3. ./biovia_2019.ds2019client.bin --noexec --target /home/username/BIOVIA2019

4. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019

5. Open "install_DSClient.sh" with text editor

6. Change "#!/bin/sh" to "#1/bin/bash"

7. Insert "shopt -s expand_aliases" (without quotes) above "alias echoe="echo -e"" and save file.

8. Make executable: "chmod +x install_DSClient.sh"

9. Run installer: "./install_DSClient.sh"

10. When prompted to select install location, choose [2], write "home/username/BIOVIA2019", return, choose [1], return, choose [1], return.

11. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019/DiscoveryStudio2019

13. cd lp_installer

14. chmod +x lp_setup_linux.sh

15. ./lp_setup_linux.sh --noexec --target /home/username/BIOVIA2019

16. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019/LicensePack/etc

17. ./lp_config

18. Open "lp_echvars" in a text editor

19. change "#! /bin/csh -f" to "#! /bin/tcsh" and save and close file.

20. ./lp_echovars

21. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019/DiscoveryStudio2019/bin

22. ./config_lp_location /home/username/BIOVIA2019/LicensePack/

23. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019/DiscoveryStudio/lib

24. mv libz.so bk.libz.so

25. mv libz.so.1 bk.libz.so.1

26. cd /home/username/BIOVIA2019/DiscoveryStudio2019/bin

./DiscoveryStudio2019

27. Optional: open DiscoveryStudio2019 in text editor; change "ACCELRYS_DEBUG=0" to "ACCELRYS_DEBuG=1". Then when DSV is started via the terminal, you will get a verbose readout that can be inspected for errors.

I sometimes get an error: "Starting QWidget::setMinimumSize: (AcfDockWidget1/Acf::AcfDockWidget) Negative sizes (0,-1) are not possible", but the program appears to run normally.

After opening, adjust size of application window, then Window > Arrange windows > Remember Layout

Then, the next time the application is opened, it will open with the previously adjusted size and location on the screen.

During the installation, a Desktop configuration file will be written to the desktop. Double-clicking on this file will open the program.