Latest release (2.5):

Note: The binary packages contain only solver (serial version, with iml and dss solvers).

The older OOFEM versions (source packages only):

• oofem-2.4.zip
• oofem-2.3.zip
• oofem-2.2.zip
• oofem-2.1.tar.gz
• oofem-2.0.tar.gz
• oofem-1.9.tar.gz
• oofem-1.8.tar.gz

See also the ChangeLog for detailed information.

To grab a copy of the latest version of OOFEM using anonymous git access, you need git installed. Read more about git repository access here. In order to clone a git repository, enter:

git clone https://github.com/oofem/oofem.git

After downloading and unpacking please read the included README file. The installation instructions are available also on OOFEM wiki.
Documentation is included within the distribution.

The graphical postprocessor (oofeg) requires the ELIXIR and Ckit library by Petr Krysl, to be installed. It provides X-windows graphics support. The original sources to the ELIXIR and Ckit libraries are available from the Petr Krysl http://www.multires.caltech.edu/~pkrysl/. The version designated to be used with OOFEM is likely to be not compatible with the original version maintained by the author and can be downloaded here:

• Ckit.tgz
• Elixir.tgz

Other useful links to the external software:

• Open MPI – a high-performance, freely available, and portable implementation of MPI.
• PETSC – Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation.
• ParaView – ParallelVisualization Application
• IML++ (template library for numerical iterative methods)

Parallel version of OOFEM (poofem) requires MPI library. If it is not available on your system, we recommend to install Open MPI – a high-performance, freely available, and portable implementation of MPI (http://www.open-mpi.org/).