As reported in a different thread (http://quantumwise.com/forum/index.php?topic=54.0), there is a problem running the license daemon lmgrd on Ubuntu 64-bit (e.g. version 9.04).
We never got to the bottom of it there, but the user didn't have a floating license anyway. However, there is still a real problem.
The symptom of the error is, that when lmgrd is started it reports
license daemon: system error code: No such file or directory
It's related to permissions; lmgrd is trying to create a file which it's not allowed to. Fortunately, there is a simple work-around.
1) First of all, use the lmgrd (32-bit) provided in the ATK package. I'm not sure if the 64-bit lmgrd will work with a 32-bit "atomist" vendor
daemon.
2) Next, as always, decide which user will run the license daemon. Root is not allowed, so it must be a simple user. I will call him "user"; this can
be a new dedicated account, "guest", "nobody" (these are usually pre-defined), or just the local ATK user.
3) Run
sudo mkdir /usr/tmp/.flexlm
4) Run
sudo chown user /usr/tmp/.flexlm"
5) Start lmgrd as normal, as user "user"; to test it, use
./lmgrd -z -c licensefile.lic
This should allow you to run the license server and then ATK on Ubuntu 64-bit.
There may however be other problems with running VNL, we'll get back to that separately.