First Time Installation
This first time installation scenario installs a new set of files to implement the product features.
The same installation process is used for each of the products.
- Altair Accelerator
- Altair Monitor
- Altair FlowTracer
- Altair Allocator
- Altair Accelerator Plus
Each product is controlled by either an Altair License Manager license (floating or node-locked) or a legacy node-locked license. Obtaining and installing a license are steps in the installation explained here.
To proceed with the installation, you need to:
- Follow the installation planning directions contained in the next section.
- Download the software to install from the Altair website, with guidance from the download information contained in a later section.
- Perform the initial software installation, which should require between 15 and 30 minutes depending on disk performance.
- Obtain license keys for running the software.
- Validate the installation by setting your command line environment and running the validation steps.