McStas graphical front-end and PgPerl solutions

[Kristian Nielsen]

In McStas version 1.1, the front-end programs require several external
software packages that must be properly installed before the McStas
front-ends can be used. Particularly the "PgPerl" front-end, which is an
interface between the Perl language and the PGPLOT graphics library, has
been troublesome.

Hoping to solve some of these problems, I have now made available binary
packages (in the form of "RPM" files) of the necessary libraries for Red
Hat Linux on Intel PCs; hopefully they also work on other Linux
distributions that use RPM (ie. Suse). They are available from

    http://neutron.risoe.dk/mcstas/download.html

I have also added a section to the FAQ that gives some hints on
compiling PgPerl:

    http://neutron.risoe.dk/mcstas/FAQ.html

Please let me know if there are any further problems, and I will try to
help.

 - Kristian.

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Kristian Nielsen        kristian.nielsen at risoe.dk
Risø National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry Department
Tel. +45 4677 5515   Fax +45 4677 4790