Question 1

How do I install Optica on Windows 7?

Accepted Answer

Optica is initially downloaded as a zip file. Its extracted contents are placed in the following directory:   Users/usr/AppData/Roaming/Mathematica/Autoload   For Optica EM there are four folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaEM (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaGraphics (4) OpticaDocumentation   For Optica SE there are three folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaSE (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaDocumentation   Any extra folders or files not indicated above but present in the extracted zip file can be safely ignored and not transfered to the Autoload directory.   Note: Optica will require a password to be entered the first time it is used.

Question 2

How do I install Optica on Windows 10?

Accepted Answer

Optica is initially downloaded as a zip file. After downloading, the extracted contents are as follows:   For Optica EM there are four folders: (1) OpticaEM (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaGraphics (4) OpticaDocumentation   For Optica SE there are three folders: (1) OpticaSE (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaDocumentation   This depends on the format of your directory system... If your system contains the Users/usr/AppData directory, then you can place all folders in the following:   Users/usr/AppData/Roaming/Mathematica/Autoload   Alternatively these folders can be placed in: C:ProgramData/Mathematica/Autoload   Any extra folders or files not indicated above but present in the extracted zip file can be safely ignored and not transfered to the Autoload directory.   Note: Optica will require a password to be entered the first time it is used.

Question 3

How do I install Optica on a Macintosh?

Accepted Answer

Optica is initially downloaded as a zip file. Its extracted contents are placed in the following directory:   Users/usr/Library/Mathematica/Autoload.   For Optica EM there are four folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaEM (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaGraphics (4) OpticaDocumentation   For Optica SE there are three folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaSE (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaDocumentation   Any extra folders or files not indicated above but present in the extracted zip file can be safely ignored and not transfered to the Autoload directory.   Note: Optica will require a password to be entered the first time it is used.

Question 4

How do I install Optica on Linux?

Accepted Answer

Optica is initially downloaded as a zip file. Its extracted contents are placed in the following directory:   /home/usr/.Mathematica/Autoload   For Optica EM there are four folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaEM (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaGraphics (4) OpticaDocumentation   For Optica SE there are three folders that go into this directory: (1) OpticaSE (2) OpticaTools (3) OpticaDocumentation   Any extra folders or files not indicated above but present in the extracted zip file can be safely ignored and not transfered to the Autoload directory.   Note: Optica will require a password to be entered the first time it is used.

Question 5

How do I install a C-Compiler

Accepted Answer

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