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authorChristoph Willing <chris.willing@iinet.net.au>2016-08-05 14:23:58 +1000
committerDavid Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>2016-08-05 18:10:49 +0100
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-ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and
-visualization application. ParaView users can quickly build
-visualizations to analyze their data using qualitative and
-quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be done
-interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView's batch
+ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization
+application. ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their
+data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be
+done interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView's batch
processing capabilities.
-NOTE: Source is not downloadable from wget. Please download it manually
-via browser.
+Although not recommended, building without MPI (mpich) and/or Matplotlib support
+is possible by setting the relevant variables in the build environment:
+ MPICH=no
+ MATPLOTLIB=no
+
+This build incorporates the ParaView "Getting Started" and "Tutorial"
+documentation. In addition, the official ParaView Guide is available from:
+ http://www.paraview.org/files/v5.1/ParaViewGuide-5.1.0.pdf
+For access to the Guide directly from the ParaView graphical interface
+(using Help menu or F1 key), it should be stored as
+ /usr/doc/paraview-5.1.2/Guide.pdf