Common Support Questions
Optica Installation
How do I install Optica on Windows 7?
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.
How do I install Optica on a Macintosh?
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.
How do I install Optica on Linux?
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.
How do I install Optica on Windows 10?
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.
C Compiler Installation
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