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pdnMesh is an automatic mesh generator and solver for Finite Element problems. It will also do post-

$Id: INSTALL,v 1.8 2004/12/04 05:33:13 sarod Exp $
Basic Installation
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These are installation instructions for pdnmesh versions 0.1.2 or above. The latest source distribution can be downloaded from
	http://pdnmesh.sourceforge.net
	or
	http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/visualization

You need the following before installing pdnmesh.
1) Unix like systems with X libraries.
2) GTKGLExt http://gtkglext.sf.net/
3) OPTIONALLY, if you need a good eigensolver, LAPACK http://www.netlib.org/

 
After downloading the tarred gzipped file "pdnmesh-*.*.*.tar.gz", type the 
following:
1) tar -xzvf pdnmesh-*.*.*.tar.gz 
   or
	gzip -dc pdnmesh-*.*.*.tar.gz | tar xvf -
	for non-GNU tar
2) cd pdnmesh-*.*.*/
3) ./configure 
4) make
5) make install

If nothing goes wrong, pdnmesh will be installed in /usr/local/ directory. 
The (5) th step can be run only if you are root. If you want to just install 
it in any other directory like your home, in step (3) type:
  ./configure --prefix=YOUR_PREFIX
Here, YOUR_PREFIX can be the directory where you want to install pdnmesh. Then, the program will be installed in,
   YOUR_PREFIX/bin/pdnmesh
the docs will be in,
   YOUR_PREFIX/share/pdnmesh/
and the manual pages will be in,
   YOUR_PREFIX/man/
If you want to optimize, in step (3) type
   export CFLAGS=-O3;./configure
ans then do the compilation.

The program was tested in the following platforms:
i686-gnu-linux, ix86-freebsd, ix86-sun-solaris, sparc-sun-solaris and irix. 
The compiler used was gcc.

Known Problems
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IMPORTANT! the current version for MS Windows  using MFC has only limited 
capabilities.