Prepare offline installation packages

Offline installation packages can be created with the OpendTect Installation Manager. It is useful to do this if you want to install OpendTect on a system that has no access to Internet. Please follow these steps to create such offline installation packages:

  1. Download the OpendTect Installation Manager for Linux or Windows from the OpendTect download page.

  2. Run the installer

    1. On Linux in the terminal run sh OpendTect_Installer_lux64.sh

    2. On Windows simply double click on OpendTect_Installer_win64.exe

  3. In the Installation Manager window select Prepare offline installation packages.

    1. On Linux the default path of where the od_offline_lux64 or od_offline_win64 Download directory will be created will be /tmp/ . On Windows this is the user's AppData\Local\Temp. It is possible to select another path.

    2. At platform choose between Linux (64 bits) or Windows (64 bits).

  4. Click the Proceed button to start creating the offline installation package.

    Figure: Prepare offline installation packages

  5. The rest of the setup is identical to the usual way of installing OpendTect. You pick the packages that need to be included in the installation and click the Proceed button.

  6. When the offline installation package has been created this will be shown in the information window.

    Figure: OpendTect offline-installation packages created successfully

  7. The offline installation folder can now be transferred to the offline system by copying the folder via an USB stick or some other way onto the offline system.