Installing from the USB drive

  1. Run setup.exe (Windows) or INSTALL (Linux) from ansyslocalhelp/<platform>.

  2. Follow the on-screen prompts. Be sure that “Ansys, Inc. Documentation Only” is selected on the product selection screen.

  3. Run the applicable configuration, if necessary:

    Windows

    • 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. No further configuration is needed.

    • 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. Choose Start>All Programs>ANSYS 25.2.3>Help>ANSYS Help Configuration 2025 R2.3.

      2. Select the Ansys Local Help option.

      3. Click Browse and locate the \commonfiles\help directory where you installed the help files (Example: C:\Local doc\ANSYS Inc\v2523\commonfiles\help).

      4. Click Select Folder. The message “Help files found. Click Save to use these files.” is displayed.

      5. Click Save. You can now run the help normally.

      If multiple users are accessing the help, each user must perform the steps above.

    Linux

    • 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.