License Manager Installation on Linux

LiMa has been tested and works on:

  • Ubuntu 22.04 with the Gnome window manager.

Download of installation package

For the setup, you need to download the ETAS License Server package.

  1. Open the ETAS license and download portal using this link.

  2. Click the following file: (en) LiMa (ETAS License Manager) V1..9x.

    The file details opens.

  3. To download the package, click Download.

  4. The package is downloaded and saved to the configured download folder.

Installing LiMa

Note  

You need administrator rights to perform the installation.

LiMa is a 64-bit system that uses connectors to support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

The installation package contains one folder for Windows and one folder for Linux.

In the deb folder, you can find the following file and packages:

  • LiMa_on_Linux.txt: Text file containing installation hints.

  • limax32_<version>_i386.deb: 32-bix Linux connector supporting 32-bit application.

  • limax64_<version>_amd64.deb: Package for 64-bit support.

If you already installed a previous LiMa version (< 1.8.12.61), you need to manually uninstall the version prior to install the new LiMa version.

To uninstall previous LiMa version

  1. Open a new terminal.

  2. To check if LiMa is already installed and to identify the package names, use the following command to list all installed packages. This allows you to find the package names needed for uninstallation.

    apt --installed list "lima*"

  3. Remove the installed LiMa packages using the following commands:

    sudo apt remove limax32

    sudo apt remove limax64

Note  

An activated license is not affected by the deletion and subsequent re-installation of the software. Your license remains valid and is usable as usual after the re-installation.

To install new LiMa version (64-bit)

  1. Navigate to the directory where the LiMa Debian package files are located.

  2. Open a new terminal.

  3. Install LiMaX64 using the following command:

    sudo apt install ./limax64_<version>_amd64.deb

  4. LiMa and all its components are installed.

LiMa Package Contents

After installing the package, the following main files are added to the system:

  • /usr/share/ETAS/LiMa/x64/bin/LiMaServer.sh

  • /usr/share/ETAS/LiMa/x64/bin/LiMaQt.sh

All other required packages, such as those for X11, are automatically installed via the dependencies defined within the LiMa*.deb file. The installation also includes a default configuration file (LiMa.ini) that sets up the standard folder paths. You can find it in the /etc/etas/lima/ directory.

Licenses and access rights

The following path stores the license files required for a product and its features

/usr/share/ETAS/LiMa/CommonLicensePath

You can install licenses either through the GUI or by copying the license file to this path.

Note  

Ensure the executables at /usr/bin/LiMaServer and /usr/bin/LiMaQt.sh have execution permissions. Although the installer typically sets these rights, always double-check them.

Note  

To enable the successful installation of license files, you need to give write access to the license directory at /usr/share/ETAS/LiMa.

Opening LiMa

  1. To open LiMa, click the LiMa icon.

    If you can't find it, search for it in the search bar.

  2. LiMa is opened.

After installing and opening, you you find a list of features (tailored to your installed product), where features marked in red are currently unavailable. For more information, see Checking the License Status.

Installing FNP based licenses

  1. Follow the steps described in Opening LiMa.

  2. Follow the steps described in To install a machine-based license.

Installing FNE based licenses

  1. Add the client machine's computer name to the etas.opt file. For more information, see Options file (etas.opt)

  2. Follow the steps described in Opening LiMa.

  3. Follow the steps described in To activate a machine-based license offline.