Meep FAQ
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| + | Meep should run on any Unix-like system, from individual machines to clusters to large parallel supercomputers. We do most of our development on GNU/Linux systems, and precompiled packages are available for Debian and Ubuntu. It should also be possible to install Meep on Windows using the free [[w:Cygwin|Cygwin]] Unix-compatibility environment. Installing Meep from source code requires some understanding of Unix, however, especially to install the various prerequisites, and we recommend consulting a local Unix guru at your institution if you run into trouble. | ||
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The following are frequently asked questions about Meep. Or, at any rate, they will be, now that Meep has been released.
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General
What is Meep?
Meep is our free software for finite-difference time-domain simulation. For the meaning of the name "Meep", see Meep acronym expansions.
Installation
Where can I install Meep?
Meep should run on any Unix-like system, from individual machines to clusters to large parallel supercomputers. We do most of our development on GNU/Linux systems, and precompiled packages are available for Debian and Ubuntu. It should also be possible to install Meep on Windows using the free Cygwin Unix-compatibility environment. Installing Meep from source code requires some understanding of Unix, however, especially to install the various prerequisites, and we recommend consulting a local Unix guru at your institution if you run into trouble.
