Installing from the Download Center on Linux

Download the Local Help package from the Ansys Customer Portal at Downloads >Current Release>Documentation>ANSYS>Local Help.
Extract the package to a working directory of your choice.
Run <working directory>/INSTALL.
Follow the on-screen prompts. Be sure that “Ansys, Inc. Documentation Only” is selected on the product selection screen.
Depending on your installation scenario, run the appropriate configuration described below:
- If you install the documentation to the same directory as your product installation, or if you install the documentation on a machine with no product installation, you can now run the help normally by issuing following command from the v2523 directory. No further configuration is needed.
```
Tools/mono/Linux64/bin/mono
commonfiles/help/HelpViewer/ANSYSHelpViewer.exe
```
  Note: If multiple users are accessing the help, each additional user must point to the help installation directory by performing the steps described below.
- If you have an existing installation but install the documentation to a directory other than the product installation, or if the user account used to install the local help is not the end user:
  1. Issue the following command from the v2523 directory to configure the new help location:
    Tools/mono/Linux64/bin/mono commonfiles/help/HelpViewer/ANSYSHelpConfigurationTool.exe
  2. Select the Ansys Local Help option.
  3. Enter the /commonfiles/help directory where you installed the help files (Example: /Local doc/ANSYS Inc/v2523/commonfiles/help). The message “Help files found. Click Save to use these files.” is displayed.
  4. Click Save. You can now run the help normally by issuing following command from the v2523 directory:
    Tools/mono/Linux64/bin/mono commonfiles/help/HelpViewer/ANSYSHelpViewer.exe
  If multiple users are accessing the help, each user must perform the steps above.