Problems installing Intel Parallel Studio XE 2017 Update 1 Cluster Edition for Linux

Ross_G_ · ‎11-20-2016

I'm trying to install Parallel Studio XE 2017 Update 1 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VM, but am encountering some issues.

The installer tries to execute

wget --secure-protocol=SSLv3 --spider --timeout=20 --tries=1 https://registrationcenter.intel.com

which crashes with the following message:

Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2016-11-20 16:32:18--  https://registrationcenter.intel/
OpenSSL: unimplemented 'secure-protocol' option value 2
Please report this issue to bug-wget@gnu.org
Aborted (core dumped)

This is happening because Ubuntu has disabled SSLv3 (which is now considered insecure) in its OpenSSL build. Probably not a good idea for the installer to be using it.

Then when I get to the 'License activation' step, the installer just stalls at 'activating product'. I tried strace-ing to see if any other wget commands were failing, but I can only see

[pid <pid>] stat("/etc/wgetrc", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4942, ...}) = 0

being executed repeatedly.

Yuan_C_Intel · ‎11-21-2016

Hi, Ross

Have you tried to activate with a license file instead of serial number? This activation does not require internet connection and may work for you.

To get a license file, you may refer to licensing FAQ for

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/how-do-i-get-a-license-file-for-an-offline-installation-of-intel-parallel-studio-xe-2016

More licensing FAQs: https://software.intel.com/en-us/faq/licensing

Hope this helps.

Thanks.