Activation problems

[enharstsandia_gov]

I've been trying off and on to get ifort and icc to install on my Mac for almost a month.
Emailed support and they said the serial numbers are valid and asked for more information about my machine about a week ago and I replied with the following:

I am trying to install the compilers on a macbook pro (not the latest one) 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with os x 10.5.5.
The version of the c++ and fortran software I downloaded following the link send to me by programmer's paradise is 11.0.056, which is the same link I got from the intel registration.

In order to install it, I need to turn off in firefox the internet proxy server our company uses, which I don't really understand why the firefox proxy settings effect the intel installation program. If I don't do this, I get a you are not connected to the internet error. I tried to install the software using an external network, but got the same invalid serial number.

So, I tried to activate with the computer not connected to the internet option, and I get an invalid unlock code. Finally, I tried to activate with the license file, and I get License provided is not valid for this solution set.

Any ideas?

[Ron_Green]

Using the serial number for the install does require internet connectivity.

BUT we can also do a license file based installation in cases when systems are on secure networks or are otherwise offline.

First, if you have not done so, go to https://registrationcenter.intel.com and get an account and register your serial numbers.

Now, logged into registrationcenter, on the main page click the hyperlink for the product "...Compiler for Mac OS X"

on the next page, you will see your serial number and a column named "Licenses" and a link "Manage". Click Manage.

On the next page, you can mail the license to yourself OR cut n' paste the license info and save in a file with .lic extension.

On your Mac, drop that license into folder /Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Intel/Licenses/
if that folder doesn't exist, create it.

Save the license file with ".lic" extension.

Now, during the install it should find the license and use it OR choose the option to install with license and give the full path to where you stored the .lic file.

ron

[Ron_Green]

One last note: make sure any older license files, including beta licenses, are removed from:

/opt/intel/licenses
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/xxx/licenses
/Users/Shared/LibraryApplications Support/Intel/Licenses

perhaps you have some old beta or older licenses on the system.

ron

[Ron_Green]

the kit you downloaded should be named

m_cprof_p_11.0.056.dmg

The size is 329MB

$ cksum m_cprof_p_11.0.056.dmg
3549116001 344739307 m_cprof_p_11.0.056.dmg

[enharstsandia_gov]

Well, I still don't know why the two other activation methods weren't working (serial # and key generation), but I did get the installer to work by manually creating the directory that you specified /Users....

I think the issue was that I did not have permissions to create that directory without using sudo, so the install program couldn't generate/move the license file to that directory. Perhaps the other two activation methods create the license file in that location and then try to access it.