This package was developed using GNU Octave, version 2.1.35 and 
gcc version 2.95.2 on a Linux host. A quick test showed that 
Octave 2.0.14 was not able to generate the compiled functions.
If you know about an easy fix for this, please let me know.

to install this package proceed as follow (on a UNIX system)

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 files ./Makefile
   and ./SymBand/Makefile accordingly. 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. 
   LOADPATH =strcat(LOADPATH,":~/octave/site/m//")
   Then this directory and all its subdirectories will be searched by Octave
5. run 'make install'. This should create all dynamically linked libraries 
   (*.oct) and copy the necessary files 
6. to run one of the examples change into the directory 
   (e.g. 'cd demos/demo1'), then start Octave. The script file
   demorun.m run the example for each of the demonstrations
   If some of the *.cc files in the demos are modified, then run `make'
7. If you can not compile the *.cc files, the run `make installM' and consider
   the example ./demos/demo3/demorun.m  only. 
8. To compile triangle and CuthillMcKee verify that the variable bindir is 
   a directory in your search path and the run 'make utilities' to compile and
   install.
9. If you want to use EasyMesh you first have to download its source form the 
   home page at http://www-dinma.univ.trieste.it/\~nirftc/research/easymesh
   or from my home page http://www.hta-bi.bfh.ch/~sha . Then follow the 
   installation instructions of EasyMesh.

Enjoy this day

Andreas