prerequisites.md

+
+# List of dependencies #
+ 
+* To download and update you need:
+ * Git
+
+* To compile you need:
+ * A Fortran compiler (GNU, Intel or PGI)
+ * Lapack library
+ * CMake
+ * Swig
+ * Python and Numpy
+
+* For visualisation:
+  * Python VTK module
+  * Paraview
+
+* To build the sphinx documentation:
+  * Latex distribution (with pdflatex utility)
+  * Sphinx and numpydoc
+  * Doxygen
+  * Graphviz
+  * dvipng
+
+* To read the tutorials:
+  * Jupyter
+  * iPython
+
+# Installing the depenencies #
+
+* [Linux] (linux_dependencies_install)
+* [MacOs] (macos_dependencies_install)
+* [Windows] (win_dependencies_install)
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