PREREQUISITES on HARDWARE and SOFTWARE:

The installation needs of 
- a PC under system LINUX or equivalent;
- a main memory of 1 Giga-bytes;
- a SWAP and STACK of 1 Giga-bytes;
- a disk free memory of 0.5 Giga-bytes;
- the libraries X11-WINDOW SYSTEM;
- a graphic card which permits under X11 a definition of the display
1024x768 or 1280x1024 or +  with PseudoColor (256 couleurs) or TrueColor mode;
- a mouse with 3 buttons;
- a compiler Fortran 77 and a compiler C (GNU is OK);
- a library -lX11 to add at the link step.

The first proposed method is to use the source Installator:

Download the Mefisto SOURCES (click here)
Download the Mefisto Source INSTALLATOR (click here)

The second method is the direct typing of the unix commands to install the sources of Mefisto

Download the Mefisto SOURCES (click here)

Type
ln -s $INIDIR/mefistosource /usr/local/mefisto
ls -l /usr/local/mefisto
(to see if the link is correct)
exit
(to quit the status of Super-User)
Type 
cd $INIDIR
tar xzvf mefistosource.tgz  =>  You obtain the directory mefistosource in $INIDIR

Type (or better, to do it once, add in your $HOME/.bash_profile or .bashrc file,
      the export following commands)
export MEFISTO=/usr/local/mefisto
export MEFISTOX=$HOME/mefistox
export PATH=$PATH:$MEFISTO/bin
export CDPATH=$CDPATH:$MEFISTO
cd $MEFISTO

If you work
- with Linux,  type:  cp -pr bin.lnx bin
- with Cygwin, type:  cp -pr bin.cyg bin
- with a OS 10 Mac Instosh, type:  cp -pr bin.mac bin

If you prefer Mefisto speaks English, type:
cp -pr testa test
cp -pr doca doc
cd td
cp -pr da d
cp -pr ia i
cp -pr ma m

Else if you prefer Mefisto speaks French, type:
cp -pr testf test
cp -pr docf doc
cd td
cp -pr df d
cp -pr if i
cp -pr mf m

EndIf

Type 
cd $MEFISTO
./bin/cbl_tout
(wait patiently the end of compilations C and F77, binding and 
constructions of libraries of Mefisto ...)

ls -l pp
At this level, you obtain a list as
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne 2609793 Jan  8 11:00 ppelas
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne 2501406 Jan  8 11:00 ppflui
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne  167391 Jan  8 11:00 ppinit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne 2455647 Jan  8 11:00 ppmail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne 2998078 Jan  8 11:00 ppther
-rwxr-xr-x 1 perronne perronne  639520 Jan  8 11:00 pxyz

ELSE, there is a PROBLEM! => Contact the authours.
After installation, to test the installation:
Type
INITIER
proj1
proj1

If $MEFISTO/pp/ppinit  does not work, the memory MCN of Mefisto is too large.
Take with your text editor the file $MEFISTO/incl/pp.inc and reduce the value of MOTMCN
PARAMETER (MOTMCN = 232 000 000)
with the formula  MOTMCN = ((MainMemory+SWAP)-16 000 000) / 4
Save the file and type for update this value in Mefisto

$MEFISTO/bin/ppinc
and try again INITIER

After a good execution of INITIER, type 
MAILLER
proj1

If $MEFISTO/pp/ppmail  does not work, the main memory MCN + SWAP are not sufficient.
Use the previous method to reduce MOTMCN

• The above method permits also to augment the size MOTMCN of the super-array MCN when the main memory + SWAP are sufficient;
• Under a MICROSOFT system, it is possible to load CYGWIN, at http://www.cygwin.com (Full version), a free software which simulates a Linux system;
• To use Mefisto under CYGWIN, it is necessary to execute the command startx which opens a xterm window;
• In this xterm window, type the Mefisto commands (INITIER, MAILLER, THERMICER, ELASTICER, FLUIDER).

To download the PostScript documentations, click under

• The user's manual of Mefisto-MAILLER (420 pages)
• The user's manual of Mefisto-THERMICER (176 pages)
• The user's manual of Mefisto-ELASTICER (114 pages)
• The user's manual of Méfisto-FLUIDER (70 pages) <== NEW
• The user's manual of the f77 graphic library XVUE (76 pages)
• The programmer's manual: The norms of Mefisto (80 pages)