GKS: Graphical Kernel System

Matthew Gillen me at mattgillen.net
Tue Feb 28 20:05:56 EST 2006


James Kramer wrote:
> I have numerical modeling software that I use at work that I would like
> to run my home Linux system.  The software was written in FORTRAN and
> runs on Windows NT and above.  I can get most of it to run using Wine. 
> I can't get the graphics to work.  The manual states that the graphics
> package uses GKS (graphical kernel system) for FORTRAN and that it can
> not run on Win 95.  I have not put too much effort into getting the
> graphics to run in Linux since I can always resort to my Win XP boot as
> a last resort. Should I be able to run the software on my Debian using wine.
> Jay

I assume that was a question.   Wine supposedly can emulate Windows2000, so
it might just be a matter of changing your Wine config to emulate a
different version of windows.

Matt



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