The package FEMoctave 2.0.1 was developed using GNU Octave (ver 5.2.0) on a Linux host. Find the documentation in doc/FEMdoc.pdf and many sample codes in doc/Demos and doc/Examples. If you like it, let me know. If you have suggestions on how to improve the package, let me know. There is some obvious space for improvement. If you think it is a piece of .... , delete it and don't tell anybody. To install this package proceed as follow (on a UNIX system). It is possible to install the package on Win* but do not ask me how to proceed. These instructions assume that you install the package as a regular user. Thus no root permission should be required. You might have to create a directory ~/bin and add it to your search path 1. extract the source in a directory by 'tar xzf FEMoctave.tgz' 2. change into that directory 'cd FEMoctave' 3. the default installation directory is ~/octave/site/m/FEM/ If you wish to change this, edit the file ./Makefile . The variable 'installdir' has to be adjusted. 4. make the installation directory known to Octave by adding an appropriate line to your ~/.octaverc file, e.g. addpath(genpath('~/octave/site')) 5. run 'make install'. This should create all dynamically linked libraries (*.oct) and copy the necessary files Then the codes in doc/Demos and doc/Examples should work. Enjoy this day Andreas reachable at andreas.stahel@gmx.com