Tecplot Chorus Cannot Open Tecplot 360 on Linux – Permission Denied

Chorus, Installation December 27, 2019

Problem: Tecplot 360 is unable to be opened from within Tecplot Chorus. I receive a “Permission Denied” error. Solution: First, be sure your permissions to the Tecplot 360 and Tecplot Chorus installation directories are allowed to read, write, and execute. Next, be sure the device’s shared memory file has open permissions as well (/dev/shm/). The /dev/shm/ file is where Tecplot Chorus’ boost libraries write to in order to share information […]

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Installing a Maintenance Release of 360 on Windows Does Not Work

Chorus, Installation, Tecplot 360 June 28, 2019

Problem: Installing a maintenance release of 360 on Windows which replaces an existing 360 installation does not update 360 to the newer maintenance release version, even though the installer says the installation is successful. Solution: Close all running instances of Tecplot 360. A maintenance release overwrites the existing 360 installation. If 360 is running the operating system will prevent the executable from being upgraded. Confirm that all running instances of […]

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Is there a way to do a silent install of Tecplot products?

Chorus, Installation November 1, 2011

Question: How can I do a silent install of Tecplot 360 & Chorus? Answer: You would need to use a command like this for Windows: “C:<path to software to install.exe>” /S /D=C:<path to install to with no spaces> where the /S indicates a silent install and the /D must be the last parameter in the list. And a command like this for Linux: sh <path to software to install.sh> –skip-license […]

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