'''Please note that this page is now obsolete. A new version of Meshalyzer has been made available by the author ([mailto:vigmond@ucalgary.ca Ed Vigmond] - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~Vigmond) under GPL3. So far, we only have documentation for [wiki:InstallMeshalyzerOnUbuntu8.10 Ubuntu 8.10]. Meshalyzer is available from the download page on the public Chaste website.'''

'''Note: for Ubuntu 64 bit systems, you may need to use the pre-built binary attachment:meshalyzer'''

To build meshalyzer, you need FLTK (http://www.fltk.org/). It is available within Fedora Core 4:

{{{
su -
yum install fltk
yum install fltk-devel
}}}

FLTK installed, you need to access the Integrative Biology TWiki website (https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/bin/view/Main/IntegrativeBiology) to get:
cd meshalyzer
 * the source for [https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/pub/Main/GrazModellingSection/meshalyzer.tgz Meshalyzer], and
 * the [https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/pub/Main/GrazModellingSection/rabslice.tgz test dataset].
MPI programs to
After having downloaded the above files into the home directory, go the console window and type the following in:

{{{
cd
tar -xvzf meshalyzer.tgz
cd meshalyzer
mkdir data
cd data
mkdir rabslice
cd rabslice
tar -xvzf ../../../rabslice.tgz
gunzip vm_rabslice.igb.gz
cd
rm -f meshalyzer.tgz rabslice.tgz
}}}

Under the meshalyzer folder, remove Matrix4x4.o, Vector3D.o and Vector4D.o from the OBJS parameter in the Makefile. From there and from within the console window:

{{{
cd ~/meshalyzer
make
rm -f *.o
mv meshalyzer ~/bin
}}}