MIND: we will change to a newer OS version soon - so, if you are not in a hurry, wait until about end September 2023 to get a newer virtual appliance
We have built a virtual appliance (Ubuntu 20.04, 64bit) containing a full Elmer(/Ice) installation including also Gmsh (net generation) and ParaView (post-processing). Should you not have your own Elmer/Ice installation, we highly recommend you to install this appliance. To take the VM into use do as follows:
Ctrl
+ I
) and choose the downloaded file Elmer-Fedora37.ova
and 64 MB of video memory. If you need to adapt these settings (e.g., less RAM in your host that wouldn't allow for 3GB in the appliance), do this during importing or using the Settings menu
ElmerSolver, ElmerGUI, ElmerGrid,…
The whole procedure is explained in an instruction video.
To update Elmer (needs network connection) go to directory /home/elmeruser
and enter and launch
./buildelmer.sh''. Note that the username for the VA is “elmeruser” and the password “elmerfem”. For security reason we recommend to change at least password, if not creating a new user profile. By default, the firewall inside the guest is disabled (assuming that you use NAT networking and have a firewall at host side).
The VA has the setting for Finnish keyboard (standard QWERTY for the 23 ASCII letters, like English, German, …). A notably exception here is French. So if you are typing the first time on a French keyboard the password is “el,erfe,”. You can change your keyboard layout in the settings (left menu bar) of the GUI