Simcenter FLOEFD FLOEFD Remote Solver Service Wouldn't Start on Rocky or Alma Linux

The reason for this unwanted behavior is the check for the name of the Linux distribution in the shell script cmn_utils.sh This script can be found in /usr/local/EFD2312_0001/bin (assuming a standard installation; otherwise use find). This shell script provides a function that checks for SuSE, Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS but not (yet) for the newer distributions Rocky and Alma Linux.

By editing the script can be made aware of the two distributions.

1. Create a backup copy of the cmn_utils.sh.
2. Open the script as administrator with any kind of text editor (nano etc).
3. Watch out for the line
   
   elif [[ $distro_type =~ 'redhat' || $distro_type =~ 'centos' || $distro_type =~ 'red hat' ]]; then
   
   ... and add 'rocky' and 'alma' to this line:
   
   elif [[ $distro_type =~ 'redhat' || $distro_type =~ 'centos' || $distro_type =~ 'rocky' || $distro_type =~'alma' ||$distro_type =~ 'red hat' ]]; then
   
4. Save the file, exit the editor, check permissions and run the service again as described in the Installation Instructions.