{"id":455765,"date":"2026-04-04T00:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/running-ansys-mechanical-in-linux-os-an-error-occurred\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:51:47","slug":"running-ansys-mechanical-in-linux-os-an-error-occurred","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/running-ansys-mechanical-in-linux-os-an-error-occurred\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Ansys Mechanical in Linux OS &#8211; &#8220;An error occurred&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to run a directional deformation simulation using Ansys Mechanical 2025R2 on a linux workstation, however, I ran into the error as below:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/04-04-2026-1775262946-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following the discussion from this post: https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-mechanical-an-error-occurred-while-starting-the-solver-module\/&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have confirmed that I have enough memory, gpu, cpu, and disk space. The folders I installed, run, or save the files are not on an external or a network drive.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have also checked the network connection or firework restriction, and it shows that there did exist connection between my workstation and the license server.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have also tried &#8220;unchecking the distribute box&#8221;, but it still doesn&#8217;t work.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if it&#8217;s because of the OS issue, may I know if there is any compatibility issue of running Ansys Mechanical on Linux OS?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if I could have any suggestions to possibly troubleshooting this issue.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help in advance.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best Regards,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;pinhanch&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-455765","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["455765"],"_bbp_subscription":["630013","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["68.181.17.212"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["455766"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["455766"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-04 01:28:27"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["630013","240"],"_btv_view_count":["36"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"pinhanchusc-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/455765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/455765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}