[H-GEN] Debian Question

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>                    This software is a 3-D finite element program
> called CalculiX and a Linux executable is available under GPL. He
> is too busy at the moment to try to compile it on FreeBSD so the uni
> gave him RedHat but he had a bad experience with it and he has bought
> Debian Potato and wants to try the software on it. Will he have much
> trouble with it on Debian ? It is way over my head, he is a smart guy
> but knows nothing about Linux, I am worried about the OpenGL API that
> the pre and post-processor uses, how will this go on Debian ?
>
>           http://www.calculix.de/
>
>                                Thanks for any help,
>                                      John Duncan

Should be OK. From what I can tell, the OpenGL API is part of libc6, which 
is distributed with Potato (at least it is on my system).

Looking at the site, I would suggest he build the software from source. 
The nice thing about Debian is that if you are missing any tools, it's 
just a matter of apt-get <insert-name-here>. Any dependencies will be 
automatically resolved, packages downloaded and installed. Debian package 
management leaves the rest way behind.

Regards
Geoff

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