i have succeeded in installing IC5141 USR5 on RHEL 5.1 and Scientific Linux in 64 bit mode from the original cd media without any modification to the installation script of ic5141.
this is how i have done. it is very lengthy and hence i am calling it dummy's installation guide. the reapply or inputs are in bold.
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1) Install rhel 5.1 or Scientific Linux 5.1 (64 bit preferred)
2) Extract ic5141 USR5 in /tmp/IC5141USR5_lnx86.Update/CDROM1 to CDROM4
3) Extract ic5141 BASE in /tmp/IC5141_lnx86.Base/CDROM1 to CDROM3
4) Install ncompress-4.2.4-33.i386.rpm by using command "rpm -ivh ncompress-4.2.4-33.i386.rpm"
5) Install tar-1.13.25-2U80_1cl.i386.rpm by using command "rpm -Uvh --oldpackage tar-1.13.25-
2U80_1cl.i386.rpm"
6) Open a c shell command terminal in /tmp/IC5141USR5_lnx86.Update
7) Set posix compliance by typing "export _POSIX2_VERSION='199209'" in the above terminal
Cool Type "CDROM1/SETUP.SH" to start installation
9) Specify installation path as "/opt/cadence/ic5141". when asked say "Y" for creating the destination
folders
You will get following message screen
Do you want to start softload? [y/n]: y
Warning: Software administration should not be done as root
because it could cause file permissions problems while
extracting software
Press [Return] to proceed, q to quit : (return)
-------------------MAIN MENU----------------------
The available options are:
1) Load Available Products
2) List Installed Products
3) Remove Installed Products
4) (unavailable option) Configure Installed Products
5) (unavailable option) Test Installed Products
6) Update Installed Products
h) Help
q) Quit
Type your choice: [ 1 ]1

You will get following message screen
CD#1 of the media set being used is required.
You must now identify where the CD-ROM is mounted.
1) Local (mounted to this machine)
2) Remote (mounted to another machine)
m) Main Menu
h) Help
Type your choice: [ 1 ] 1

Next You will get following message screen
Specify the CD-ROM mount point
1) /cdrom
2) Other
m) Main Menu
p) Previous Menu
h) Help
Type your choice: [ 2 ]2

Next You will get following message screen
Type the CD-ROM mount point: [ /tmp/cadence/IC5141USR5_lnx86.Update/CDROM1 ]
Extracting installation information from CD#1.
Do you want to view the README file?
Please press y (yes) or n (no) : y

Where is the installation information?
1) (unavailable option) Work Order
2) E-mail File
3) Tape
4) Cadence Catalog
5) Documentation Catalog
h) Help
p) Previous Menu
q) Quit
Type your choice: [ 2 ] 4

Next screen will ask you to select the products. Alwase select all the products. Do not try to save
some disk space. You do not know which product needs which additional tool.
a) All of the above
n) None of the above
p) Previous Menu
Type your choice (a,n,p,1-3,2 5 9 ...): a

Next screen will ask you to select the products
Are your selections correct? [y/n] y

The following media is required:
IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1
IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0502 CDROM # 2
IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0503 CDROM # 3
IC5141 lnx86 ISR 200706221130 CDROM # 1
IC5141 lnx86 ISR 200706221130 CDROM # 2
IC5141 lnx86 ISR 200706221130 CDROM # 3
IC5141 lnx86 ISR 200706221130 CDROM # 4
Press [Return] to proceed, q to quit :

Checking IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1 ...
Mount IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1 .
This CD-ROM is IC5141 lnx86 ISR 200706221130 CDROM # 1 .

The setup will start installing cadence ic 5141 usr5. After some time it will ask for base package of ic5141.

You should see following message on your screen
Your package selections require IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1.
1) Mount IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1 on
/tmp/cadence/IC5141USR5_lnx86.Update/CDROM1
and install packages contained on it.
2) Skip IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1 and
proceed with the installation.
IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1
is NOT available at this time.
3) IC5141 lnx86 P/N 356-70352-0501 CDROM # 1 already mounted on
/tmp/cadence/IC5141USR5_lnx86.Update/CDROM1, continue.
4) Change CD-ROM mount point.
m) Main Menu
Type your choice: 4

You must now identify where the CD-ROM is mounted.
1) Local (mounted to this machine)
2) Remote (mounted to another machine)
m) Main Menu
h) Help
Type your choice: [ 1 ] 1

Specify the CD-ROM mount point
1) /cdrom
2) Other
m) Main Menu
p) Previous Menu
h) Help
Type your choice: [ 2 ] 2
Now specify the following mount point

/tmp/cadence/IC5141_lnx86.Base/CDROM1
You should see the setup to continue forward again.
loading edif300userDoc05.10-p002 ......................................
Installation of edif300userDoc05.10-p002 complete
Total Installation 100 % done
Checking the installed products...
Updating status of installed products...
Cleaning up...
The products you selected have now been loaded.
Continue the installation by configuring the products you just loaded.
*****************************************
CONFIGURATION IS NOW REQUIRED for products using OpenAccess version
2.2 and later. For more information, refer to the release README file
found on the top level of the CDROM.
*****************************************
Check the ~install/tmp/install.history file for the list of products
affected by this install.
Now you should see the menu screen again.

-------------------MAIN MENU----------------------
The available options are:
1) Load Available Products
2) List Installed Products
3) Remove Installed Products
4) Configure Installed Products
5) (unavailable option) Test Installed Products
6) Update Installed Products
h) Help
q) Quit
Type your choice: [ 1 ] 2

Next screen will ask you to specify the os
Specify the operating system of the products:
No. Operating system
1) Solaris Operating System (sun4v)
2) Linux Operating System (lnx86)
3) Itanium Linux Operating System (lni64)
4) HP-UX Operating System (hppa)
5) IBM AIX Operating System (ibmrs)
Type your choice [ 1 - 5 ]:2

After sometime you should see the menu screen again
-------------------MAIN MENU----------------------
The available options are:
1) Load Available Products
2) List Installed Products
3) Remove Installed Products
4) Configure Installed Products
5) (unavailable option) Test Installed Products
6) Update Installed Products
h) Help
q) Quit
Type your choice: [ 1 ]4

This will bring up the config menu
-------------CONFIGURATION INFORMATION MENU---------------
Select one of the following:
1) System-level Configuration
2) User-level Configuration
m) Main Menu
h) Help
Type your choice: [ 1 ] 1

It will now ask you for list of installed options
a) All of the above
n) None of the above
Type your choice (a,n,p,1-3,2 5 9 ...): a

Nest you should see the following screen
Preparing to configure the Stream Manager tool now...
This release includes a copy of the Stream Manager tool and associated data
files which help you to set up and manage your run-time environment.
For details of the tool refer to the Stream Manager documentation which is
included in the documentation set for this release.
For details of the Stream Manager configuration process, see
/opt/cadence/ic5141/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/config.txt
You have the choice whether to configure the Stream Manager now or at a later
date. If you choose to do it later, you can either run Softload configuration
again, or type
/opt/cadence/ic5141/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/install
Do you want to configure the Stream Manager now? (y/n) : y
Configuring Stream Manager - Wed Nov 14 20:48:48 IST 2007
Installing Stream Manager tools.
Enter full network path name of required installation directory
(<CR> = /opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009) :

Are your selections correct? [y/n] y

Preparing to configure the Stream Manager tool now...
This release includes a copy of the Stream Manager tool and associated data
files which help you to set up and manage your run-time environment.
For details of the tool refer to the Stream Manager documentation which is
included in the documentation set for this release.
For details of the Stream Manager configuration process, see
/opt/cadence/ic5141/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/config.txt
You have the choice whether to configure the Stream Manager now or at a later
date. If you choose to do it later, you can either run Softload configuration
again, or type
/opt/cadence/ic5141/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/install
Do you want to configure the Stream Manager now? (y/n) : y

Configuring Stream Manager -
Installing Stream Manager tools.
Enter full network path name of required installation directory
(<CR> = /opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009) :
Creating /optcadence/smTool03.00-s009
Copying Stream Manager and associated tools to /opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009
- this may take a few minutes.
/opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009/tools/jre/bin/java: error while loading shared libraries:
libpthread.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


I get this error message. Can Some one solve this error? The software is working fine.

Changing perl references to suit local installation
Using perl from the install directory
/opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009/tools.lnx86/perl-5.8.8
Locating java installation.....
Using java from the install directory
/opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009/tools.lnx86/jre
Locating a central Cadence registry.
The Cadence registry is a read-only registry which contains Product and
Stream template data supplied by Cadence. The Softload system configuration
step populates this registry over time.
Cannot locate an existing Cadence registry root directory through the
CDS_REGISTRY_ROOT environment variable or in the default location
/opt/cadence/smCdsReg.
Enter full network path name for Cadence registry root directory
(<CR> = /opt/cadence/smCdsReg) :

Creating /opt/cadence/smCdsReg
Locating a local registry
The local registry contains site specific registry data. The registry
is populated over time as part of the stream and project registration
process, or as details of third party products are added.
The Cadence and local registries cannot share the same location.
Cannot locate an existing local registry root directory through the
LOCAL_REGISTRY_ROOT environment variable or in the default location
/opt/cadence/smLocal.
Enter full network path name for local registry root directory
(<CR> = /opt/cadence/smLocal) :

Creating local registry /opt/cadence/smLocal
Creating setup files
Setup commands are available in
/opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/setup.csh
and
/opt/cadence/smTool03.00-s009/tools.lnx86/stream_mgt/install/setup.sh.
Updating Cadence registry data in /opt/cadence/smCdsReg.
Creating ./Streams/Templates/lnx86/IC5141
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Diva/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Spectre/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/AMS_Designer/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_Composer/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Analog_Design_Environment/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_Layout_Migrate/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_XL_Layout_Editor/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/MMSim/5.3.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_Preview/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/VoltageStorm/4.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Dracula/4.9.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Spectre_RF/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_Chip_Editor/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/Virtuoso_Layout_Editor/5.1.reg
Creating ./Products/lnx86/IC_Reliability/4.1.reg
Configuration completed.

Proceeding with configuration of lfvhdComp
Synergy users must install these libraries
Install Valid library and Sim primitives? (<cr> = n): y
Install XL library and Gate primitives? (<cr> = n): y

Installing Leapfrog Analyzer and Design library...
Library installation...
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
vrelocate 2.85-a002: (c) Copyright 1992-1997, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Installation of Leapfrog Analyzer and Design libraries complete

Prepare libraries for AMS Designer
1) Add an IUS installation directory to path
2) Quit
This you can use to setup your AMS lib.
This is the end of cadence IC5141 usr5 setup.
Use the attached start-up file to load cadence.