# CalculiX Version 2.17

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/calculix-version-2-17/55/7 "2021-03-26T08:44:59Z")

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@cho.kyungsang You can build CalculiX GUI binary using the steps in the guide below. I was unable to build the solver source. However, I could get only the GUI source to work.

It would be great if you someone can extend this guide for building CalculiX solvers.

> [@Guide to compile CalculiX](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/guide-to-compile-calculix/509):
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> [Last updated: 26 March 2021] Hello! CalculiX is a powerful tool for FEM purposes and is used by many open source software for this very purpose. However, a newcomer can be deterred by the troubles one can face while compiling CalculiX for their distro. The compiled binary available on the website doesn’t work on Fedora 33. The following steps were performed on a system with AMD CPU, Nvidia GPU with Nvidia proprietary drivers. The steps here are for the complete source downloaded from [here (c…](http://www.dhondt.de/cgx_2.17.1.all.tar.bz2)

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