CAE Workstation setup

Published

December 5, 2025

  1. Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  2. Update and upgrade system
  3. Setup VS Code
  4. Setup Curl
  5. Setup julia via juliaup
  6. Setup pyenv
  7. Install some supporting packages
sudo apt install -y \
    build-essential cmake \
    gmsh paraview \
    libopenblas-dev libscalapack-mpi-dev libmumps-dev \
    libhdf5-mpi-dev libfftw3-mpi-dev libptscotch-dev \
    mpi-default-bin mpi-default-dev
snap install freecad
  1. Install Quarto

TODO:

  1. Setup Salome-Meca
  2. Setup Elmer
  3. Setup OpenFOAM