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Can I use a Linux machine for a floating license server?

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Yes! Follow the documentation for Floating Licenses on UNIX to install.

FlexLM for Linux is available on Safe Software's FTP site

It is also permissible to use a Windows PC as a floating license server for a Windows FME installation on Linux with WINE - FME running under WINE can make use of floating license servers.

In addition, you can run the FLEXlm license manager under WINE as well, and this would allow a Linux machine to be a floating license server. However, this is not specifically supported by Safe. If it works for you, great. If it doesn't, we can't do anything to help.

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