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When I try to run wolframscript for the first time, here is what happens

$ wolframscript 

The Wolfram Engine requires one-time activation on this computer.

Visit https://wolfram.com/engine/free-license to get your free license.

Wolfram ID: [email protected]
Password: 
The Wolfram Engine exited during an activation attempt because of a license error: invalid activation key entered.

I already went to https://wolfram.com/engine/free-license and activated my license

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I tried with two different accounts on two different computers, and it failed with both.

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  • $\begingroup$ You need to install engine version as root user and restart the terminal line to input your user register name and password. $\endgroup$
    – cvgmt
    Commented Dec 7, 2020 at 5:22
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    $\begingroup$ That's what I did, already $\endgroup$
    – Cydouzo
    Commented Dec 7, 2020 at 6:20
  • $\begingroup$ Ditto. The Wolfram Engine exited during an activation attempt because an error occurred. There does not appear to be a log. I checked in /opt/Wolfram/WolframScript/bin $\endgroup$
    – Erwann
    Commented Mar 29, 2022 at 0:03

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Download the free engine and install it. On Unix:

$ sudo ./Wolfram*sh

Get your free license, sign in and accept the terms of use. In the command line:

$ wolframscript

The Wolfram Engine requires one-time activation on this computer.

Visit https://wolfram.com/engine/free-license to get your free license.

Wolfram ID: [email protected]
Password: 
Wolfram Engine activated. See https://www.wolfram.com/wolframscript/ for more information.
Wolfram Language 13.0.1 Engine for Linux x86 (64-bit)
Copyright 1988-2022 Wolfram Research, Inc.

In[1]:= Exit[]

The second time around the same command will not ask for uname+pwd.

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