Installation Sheet for DWSIM

Spoken Tutorial Team

IIT Bombay

1 The procedure to install DWSIM on Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit/64-bit)

1.1 Getting ready for DWSIM installation

1. To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the Internet
2. Following system requirements should be met:
i. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 or newer
ii. 2 GB RAM
iii. 1.0 GHz dual-core processor (minimum)
iv. 2 GB Disk space for program files
v. Graphics Card: 128 MB with OpenGL hardware acceleration
vi. Display: 1280x800 display resolution is recommended as a minimum

1.2 Installing DWSIM on your machine

1. Open your default web browser

2. In the address bar, type the url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dwsim/files/DWSIM and
press Enter
3. Under Parent folder, click on DWSIM 6.4
4. Scroll down and click on the folder 6.4.3
5. Now, select the 32 bit or 64 bit installer depending on your system configuration. I will click
on DWSIM_bin_v643_setup_win7win8win10_64bit.exe
6. Save DWSIM_bin_v643_setup_win7win8win10_64bit.exe file. It will be saved in the
default download folder. On my system, it is in the Downloads folder.
7. Go to the downloaded file and right click on the .exe file
8. Select Run as administrator
9. In the User Account Control window, select Yes
10. In the Installer language pop up, click on OK
11. DWSIM 6.4 Update 3 Setup window appears. Click on Next
12. In the License Agreement section, Choose I Agree
13. In the DWSIM Version Information section, Click on Next
14. In Select components to install field, Check all the check boxes and click Next
15. In the Choose Install Location section, Click on Next
16. In the Choose Start Menu Folder section, Click on Install
17. In the ChemSep 8.23 LITE Setup License Agreement section, Choose I Agree
18. In the Choose Users section, Click on Next
19. In the Choose Install Location section, Click on Next
20. In the Choose Start Menu Folder section, Click on Install
21. On completion, Setup was completed successfully message appears. Now, click on Next
22. Click on Finish
 23. In the CAPE-OPEN Type Libraries x64 or x32 Setup section, Click on Next
24. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement check box
25. Click on Next
26. In the Installation Scope section, Click on Next
27. Click on Install
28. Click on Finish
29. In Command prompt, some commands are executes automatically
30. Wait for a few seconds
31. Once the execution is completed, click on Next in DWSIM 6.4 Update 3 Setup window
32. Click on Finish
33. DWSIM is successfully installed message will be displayed and a shortcut icon will appear
on your Desktop

1.3 The procedure to check the DWSIM Installation

To check the software installation, please follow these steps:

1. Go to https://spoken-tutorial.org
2. Click on All Courses drop-down and choose DWSIM
3. Click on All Languages drop-down and choose English
4. Click on Search
5. Scroll down and click on the Rigorous Distillation tutorial
6. Download and save the code files Rigorous-Distillation-Codefiles
7. Extract the zip file
8. Go to DWSIM (Classic UI), right click on it and select Run as Administrator
9. User Account control window opens. Click on Yes to continue.
10. DWSIM window will now open. From the File menu, click on Open File
11. Navigate to Rigorous Distillation-code files, select DWSIM_Rigorous Distillation
column_Code Files folder and then open the shortcut-end file
12. From the toolbar, click on the Solve Flowsheet button
13. A message The flowsheet was calculated successfully will appear in the Information
pane present at the bottom of the DWSIM interface.

2 The procedure to install DWSIM on Ubuntu Linux 16.04/18.04/20.04

2.1 Getting ready for DWSIM installation

1. To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the Internet
2. Following system requirements should be met:
i. Mono Framework 6.8.0 or newer
ii. 2 GB RAM
iii. 1.0 GHz dual-core processor (minimum)
iv. 2 GB Disk space for program files
v. Graphics Card: 128 MB with OpenGL hardware acceleration
vi. Display: 1280x800 display resolution is recommended as a minimum
3. Please note: gdebi will be required for installing the deb packages
(To install gdebi, open the terminal and type the command
 sudo apt-get install gdebi
A Prompt appears: Do you want to Continue [Y/n], press Y to continue. )

2.2 Installing DWSIM on your machine

1. Open your default web browser.

2. In the address bar, type the url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dwsim/files/DWSIM and
press Enter
3. Under Parent folder, click on DWSIM 6.4
4. Scroll down and click on 6.4.3
5. Click on dwsim_6.4.3-amd64.deb
6. The zip file will be downloaded and saved in the default Downloads folder
7. Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys together
8. Type the following command and press Enter
sudo apt-get update
9. To install Mono Framework version 6.8.0 or newer,
a. Go to the website: https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin
b. Follow the instructions given in the section Add the Mono repository to your
system based on your OS version.
For example, in Ubuntu 16.04, type the following commands on the terminal.
Press Enter after each command.
○ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys
3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
○ sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates
○ echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-xenial
main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
○ sudo apt update
c. Next Install Mono using the following commands. If the following prompt appears:
Do you want to Continue[Y/n], press Y to continue
○ sudo apt-get install mono-devel
○ sudo apt-get install mono-complete
○ sudo apt-get install mono-vbnc
10. Change the directory using cd command to the location where the downloaded
dwsim_6.4.3-amd64.deb file is saved. For example, cd Downloads
11. Next type: sudo gdebi dwsim_6.4.3-amd64.deb and press Enter
12. To open DWSIM, type dwsim-classic and press Enter
13. DWSIM interface will open on your machine. This means that DWSIM is successfully
installed. Do not close the terminal while using DWSIM because it will close DWSIM as
well

2.3 The procedure to check the DWSIM Installation

To check the software installation, please follow these steps:

1. Go to https://spoken-tutorial.org
 2. Click on All Courses drop-down and choose DWSIM
3. Click on All Languages drop-down and choose English
4. Click on Search
5. Scroll down and click on the Rigorous Distillation tutorial
6. Download and save the code files
7. Extract the zip file
8. Open a command terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type dwsim-classic
9. User Account control window opens. Click on Yes to continue.
10. DWSIM window will now open. From the File menu, click on Open File
11. Navigate to Rigorous Distillation-code files, select DWSIM_Rigorous Distillation
column_Code Files folder and then open the shortcut-end file
12. From the toolbar, click on the Solve Flowsheet button
13. A message The flowsheet was calculated successfully will appear in the information
pane present at the bottom of the DWSIM interface.
Please Note: To display the Information pane, go to the toolbar at the top and click on View
and select the Restore layout of all Docking Panels option. An Information pane will
appear at the bottom of the DWSIM interface.