Installing nmag on a debian based Linux system

Contents

Generic instructions
- Install outdate version as debian package
- For Debian experts
Notes for Ubuntu
Installing Netgen

Generic instructions

We only support Debian etch with the 6163 release from 30 March 2009 release. To install Nmag on Debian Lenny (or unstable or testing), or to use the latest Nmag release, please use the compile-from-source version.

Install outdate version as debian package

Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://nmag.soton.ac.uk/debian/ stable unofficial

to get access to the nsim package.

Further, add a second line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free

to get access to the libparmetis3.1 package which is required by nsim.

Then, run:

$ aptitude update

to update the list of packages that your debian installation is aware of. Finally, run

$ aptitude install nsim

to install nsim. This will automatically install all required dependencies.

For Debian experts

Nsim can be obtained directly from http://nmag.soton.ac.uk/debian/dists/stable/unofficial/binary-i386/ and installed manually (using dpkg -i [packagefile.deb]). However, one needs to fulfill all requirements manually.

Notes for Ubuntu

Please install by compiling from source.

Installing Netgen

Netgen is available for debian in the 'unstable' version. To get access to this (from etch, which is the current 'stable' version), follow these instructions:

Add:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Run:
```
$> aptitude update
```
Run:
```
$> aptitude install netgen
```

At this point, you should have working netgen installation (you can test this by calling netgen):
$> netgen

If you want to carry on using etch stable in the future, then remove the line added to /etc/apt/sources.list in step 1, and update the package list again:
```
$> aptitude update
```

You find more information about Netgen at http://www.hpfem.jku.at/netgen/.