To run SALOME, use the python salome command.

Using this command, you DO NOT need to first set-up proper environment for SALOME; all is done by the command itself.

Launch SALOME session using the following command:

salome start [options] [STUDY_FILE] [PYTHON_FILE [args] [PYTHON_FILE [args]...]]

Optionally, you can specify in the command line:

Study (document) file to be opened in SALOME session passing;
One or more Python scripts to be executed after SALOME start-up. Python scripts will be executed in the new or opened study in the order they appear in the command line. Passing args to these scripts is possible but require a specific args: syntax (see salome command).

This command supports large set of options that allow specifying the way to launch SALOME session. Complete description of all options can be obtained using –help or -h option:

salome start --help

Here below is a description of most important options:

–help or -h

Print detail help information on the command.

–version

Print version of SALOME platform.

–gui or -g

Launch SALOME sesssion in GUI mode (with GUI desktop).

–terminal or -t

Launch SALOME session in terminal mode (without GUI).

–resources=<file> or -r <file>

Parse application settings from the <file> instead of default resource file. Default resource file is situated in user's home directory; for example, for SALOME version 6.5.0, the file is ${HOME}/.config/salome/.SalomeApprc.6.5.0

–modules=module1,module2,... or -m=module1,module2,...

Specify the list of modules which will be used in the SALOME session being launched. Note, that list of modules is separated be comma symbols, with no any spaces.

–xterm or -x

The servers open in separate terminal window and log messages are displayed in this window.

–embedded=registry,study,moduleCatalog,cppContainer/ or -e=registry,study,moduleCatalog,cppContainer

Run listed SALOME servers in the GUI embedded mode (default value is registry,study,moduleCatalog,cppContainer). Note that logger server cannot be embedded to GUI. Note, that this option implies running SALOME in GUI mode (-g option); in terminal mode all servers are running in standalone mode.

–standalone=registry,study,moduleCatalog,cppContainerr or -s=registry,study,moduleCatalog,cppContainer

Standalone CORBA servers (default: none).

–portkill or -p

Kill SALOME session launched with the current port.

–killall or -k

Kill (stop) all running SALOME sessions before launching new session.

–splash=<1/0> or -z <1/0>

Use 1 to display splash screen [default] at start-up, 0 to disable splash screen. This option is ignored in the terminal mode.

–pinter

Launch with interactive Python console.

–interp=n or -i=n

Number of additional Python interpreters to open, with session environment propely set-up.