Pirana 21.11.1 is officially supported and tested on CentOS7, CentOS8, and Ubuntu 18+. Installation may be possible on other Linux distributions, but is not officially supported by Certara.
Download and install pirana_desktop_linux_xx.xx.x.tar.gz (where the “x”s represent the version number).
Unpack the archive file you received from Certara.
Execute install_modules_linux.sh to install dependencies.
You will be asked to supply a superuser password if any of the following are true:
– there is no cpan
– there is no cpanm
– libpng is not found
– local::lib is not found
The script has an optional argument that specifies a folder where Pirana dependencies are to be stored. If the argument is not specified, the packages will be installed in the default location.
Note: A dedicated folder for dependencies is recommended because Pirana may not work with the latest version of dependencies (the script specifies the version for most of the packages) and you may not want to downgrade your system-wide libraries.
If you decide to use a dedicated folder, set the PIRANA_LOCALLIB variable.
For example, if you installed dependencies to /folderA/piranadeps, use the command:
export PIRANA_LOCALLIB=/folderA/piranadeps
After which Pirana can be run as usual:
perl /<pirana_path>/pirana.pl
Or, without export, use the following:
PIRANA_LOCALLIB=/folderA/piranadeps perl /<pirana_path>/pirana.pl
It might be more convenient to create a bash-script, in this case.
By default, Pirana stores its settings and temporary files in the user’s home directory ($HOME). To specify an alternative directory, set the PIRANA_HOME variable:
export PIRANA_HOME=/<alternate_path>
This is particularly useful if you wish to keep a previous Pirana installation, since the version being installed will convert existing settings irreversibly.