For this release, only 64-bit executable will be supported. Hence the dynamic library setting has been converted from what pertains to 32-bit executable to 64-bit. For SUN Workstations: 1. You will need Fortran runtime libraries to run the dynamically linked version. You can use the "ldd" command to list all libraries used by LS-DYNA executable. For example: % ldd ls970_s_5434_sun_58_p libthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libthread.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libc.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libnsl.so.1 libsunperf_mt.so.4 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9a/libsunperf_mt.so.4 libsunmath.so.1 => //opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libsunmath.so.1 libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libm.so.1 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libsocket.so.1 libfui.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfui.so.1 libfai.so.2 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfai.so.2 libfai2.so.2 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfai2.so.2 libfsumai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfsumai.so.1 libfprodai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfprodai.so.1 libfminlai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfminlai.so.1 libfmaxlai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfmaxlai.so.1 libfminvai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfminvai.so.1 libfmaxvai.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfmaxvai.so.1 libfsu.so.1 => /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9/libfsu.so.1 libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/64/libdl.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/64/libmp.so.2 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1 2. If you are using C shell, please add the following lines to your .login or .cshrc file: setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH 3. If you are using KSH shell, please add the following lines to your .profile: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/lib/v9:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH export LD_LIBARY_PATH If you are still missing any libraries, please check the sunlib.tgz file from the ftp site. Extract the files, and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to point to the extracted files. For additional assistance running LS-DYNA on SUN workstation, please contact LSTC support support@.lstc.com 925-449-2500 Youn-Seo Roh youn-seo.roh@sun.com 650-786-6093