Install PyWorkbench locally in Linux#

This page explains how to install PyWorkbench locally on a Linux platform.

Note

The following instructions assume that you have a local installation of Workbench with a valid license.

There are two ways to install PyWorkbench on Linux:

Install from PyPI#

PyWorkbench is available on the Python Package Index (PyPI). You can install PyWorkbench using this pip command:

python -m pip install ansys-workbench-core

Verify the installation by running this code:

from ansys.workbench.core import launch_workbench

launch_workbench()

Start by downloading PyWorkbench wheel or source artifacts for Linux. Wheel artifacts are the preferred option for installing PyWorkbench.

Wheels download

Wheel artifacts for installing PyWorkbench:

Artifact	ansys_workbench_core-0.10.dev0-py3-none-any.whl
Size	0.02 MB
SHA-256	363cbbdedb9378eaed64cbd7ecc8af8f717222e43b88ebbdb0a59e0ed59793d3

Source download

Source distribution for installing PyWorkbench:

Artifact	ansys_workbench_core-0.10.dev0.tar.gz
Size	0.02 MB
SHA-256	2da41e94730d0c22e8b97e0af7cc559adbae2f0d02af539652f410c6a3ec761f

Install Linux artifacts by using the pip command:

Wheels install

python -m pip install ansys_workbench_core-0.10.dev0-py3-none-any.whl

Source install

python -m pip install ansys_workbench_core-0.10.dev0.tar.gz

Verify a successful installation of PyWorkbench by running this code:

from ansys.workbench.core import launch_workbench

launch_workbench()