Bennett Ubuntu Install

Installation guide for Bennett for remote usage. A reminder that we can only offer support for the Ubuntu 24.04 platform. Please contact cadtools@manchester.ac.uk for support.

Installing Bennett on Ubuntu 24.04

1. Download appropriate Bennett package from the Bennett Download and Install guide page.
2. Open a terminal window
3. Change to the directory containing the downloaded file, for example

   cd ~/Downloads

4. run the following command

   sudo apt install ./THE_FILE_YOU_JUST_DOWNLOADED.deb

5. a specific example at this time is

   sudo apt install Bennett_1.2.14-1-g58d8f8b_x86_64_noble.deb

6. When prompted to install packages, enter 'y'

Uninstalling Bennett

To uninstall Bennett, run the following command:

dpkg -r bennett

Running Bennett

Once Bennett is installed on your system, the scripts to start the GUI are available at /opt/bennett/bin/ This path should be added to your system path, either by running the following commands each time you wish to run Bennett.

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bennett/bin/

start_bennett_151

or appending the below to your ~/.bashrc file.

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bennett/bin/

Alternatively, you can run Bennett by specifying the full path

/opt/bennett/bin/start_bennett_151