Compiling vs precompiled

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Hi all, I am no expert when it comes to compiling software like this. I have spent a bunch of time trying to get my new computer setup with the modern solvers (PaStiX) but can’t get the damn thing to work.

There are lots of different guides, some scripts etc out there but I can’t find the correct one.

This is a clean install on a server with dual cpus and a couple of GPUs. I can use any linux etc as long as it works. I have Mint installed right now which probably isn’t the problem (it is basically Ubuntu under the covers but works and looks better). I tried Opensuse before but that isn’t nearly as well supported.

I am tempted to just install windows as then I can use the PrePomax version of the solvers

thanks

Luke

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For me, the best way to install new version of CalculiX on Linux was to compile it with this script: https://www.feacluster.com/install/install

The commands are:

wget https://feacluster.com/install/install
perl install

Compiling is a workaround for the common issue with libgfortran.so.4 on Ubuntu.

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