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I tested the Engrid installer

mkdir ~/Software
cd ~/Software
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/engr...1.3/build.bash
source build.bash ubuntu-11.10

worked fine on ubuntu except for 12.04 „Precise Pangolin“
also no problems on aptosid except for aptosid 2011-03 "Πόνος"

## OpenFOAM specific settings:
# because of bug: http://bugs.debian.org/576837
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/paraview:${PYTHONPATH}

export CSF_GraphicShr=/usr/lib/libTKOpenGl-6.3.0.so

# unsetting FOAM_INST_DIR and the other vars are necessary for a complete switch of the versions
alias startOF16ext='unset FOAM_INST_DIR;unset WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR;unset WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR;source /usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/bashrc'
alias startOF16extDbg='unset...

sudo apt-get install git-core qt4-qmake qt4-dev-tools binutils-dev flex bison build-essential libreadline5-dev wget zlib1g-dev rpm cmake python-dev libxt-dev gnuplot python-numpy libtool autoconf gitk git-gui

mkdir ~/OpenFOAM
cd ~/OpenFOAM
git clone git://openfoam-extend.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/openfoam-extend/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext

echo "alias startOF16ext='unset FOAM_INST_DIR;unset WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR;unset WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR;source ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/bashrc'"...

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E0BD7612

add to your "sources.list" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list (on a real debian distribution)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cae-team/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cae-team/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid main
#deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free #non-free is needed for libparmetis3.1 (this line is only necessary on some debian based distibutions...