Prerequisites

The only compulsory pre-requisites needed are compilers for C/C++/Fortran (like GNU compilers) and a Python interpreter.

In addition, several optionnal libraries can be linked with for a more complete experience of Code_Saturne.

These links are provided for information. Most of these libraries are available directly in compiled form through the package managers of the Linux distributions. It is strongly advised to use these compiled packages.

Graphical interface

• Libxml2
• PyQt and Qt

Mesh format for pre- and post-processing

• CGNS
• MED (available on SALOME website)
• HDF5 (compulsory for CGNS/MED)

Parallel computing

• A MPI implementation, e.g. OpenMPI or MPICH2
• ParMETIS/METIS or PT-Scotch/Scotch (recommended for a better domain partionning)