Automatic builds

Latest sources are automatically packaged on Gitlab CI and available for download:

• the sources tarball.
• Win64 binaries, including GTK and dependencies

December 2014 - version 3.7.2↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.7. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 5baf98f200b112d4721b7007595a668b).

April 2014 - version 3.7.1↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.7. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum bc07aa84ae48c2d313f363b5c63cb370).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 772e275f442a409cbbc595c767d4f556).

September 2013 - version 3.7.0↑ Return to top

New stable version 3.7. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 97811d50a37aa1983d20c3dea8af05c2).

January 2012 - version 3.6.1.1↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.6. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum ade51deaa337ceb752cafa6c68f8ac03).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 3113a29511a9dc01fa4e340d3ea9bfbb).

June 2011 - version 3.6.0↑ Return to top

New stable version 3.6. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 957f25f55c72e321de533285602d8f16).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 66e9f06eab30b1bc25a0a63693a4a7c7).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Lucid (amd64) 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ lucid main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

September 2010 - version 3.5.2↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.5. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 3f536869a717156c672f0f133a9e8c60).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 14aeb2a55a7e6efae8c96dff8f358f29).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

February 2010 - version 3.5.1↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.5. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 3fce7b0f51fc91c8b42a7889af8af36d).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 1e2fa4b7915fdda68bd294540056e45b).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

October 2009 - version 3.5.0↑ Return to top

New stable version, replacing the 3.4.x series. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 5def5288517dd867cdef2b49f60385d3).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum fc07e39fa7ad08f97a4c2a08d58299cd).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

June 2009 - version 3.4.4↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.4. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 5b4b9d66f23ab88f13019f31cbe43ffd).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 3fa6fce9ceedb4d05a02e1ab7efa881e).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

February 2009 - version 3.4.3↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.4. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 6df866039094b0f7fcaede2c0b0818cf).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 89f10e6adbdf48b3c272c36b271414c0).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Use the Debian packages.

December 2008 - version 3.4.2↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.4. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 8db9ff7f6cb9cd5d98020d6756a436c0).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum 4ca75ae4bf676c5c8b96c78a90659731).
• Use the following repository for Ubuntu Hardy 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main'. The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.
• Otherwise, V_Sim is now available officially in Debian and should be soon uploaded to unstable.

August 2008 - version 3.4.1↑ Return to top

Bug correction for the stable version 3.4. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 705e1c77200874f8c518aacbd766f2fb).
• Win32 binaries with included GTK binaries (md5sum a7c70d4f0219cfc85c87650cd7225596).
• The Debian and Ubuntu packages are now available officially in the distribution, see for Debian.

June 2008 - version 3.4.0.3↑ Return to top

Stable version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 58b0e468c57f5c7d24dc1853eb3593bf).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum 3da171ca1ae114ebf1c23b39a32c4186).
• An Ubuntu package for i386 architecture (Hardy based) with only the base program and the available plugins.
• An Ubuntu package for amd64 architecture (Hardy based) with only the base program and the available plugins.
• Or add 'deb http://inac.cea.fr/L_Sim/V_Sim/download/ hardy main' to the source.list file (Ubuntu Hardy distribution). The signature of the repository can be download with this link and should be added once as a trusted source with 'apt-key add'.

May 2008 - version 3.3.3↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distribution:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 21e8606c401f2e2f073ef2e710719bc3).

April 2008 - version 3.3.2↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum ca05c027501039ab9e0cdea38922a7e8).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum bcb69975924c19aaabd494d41b661df2).
• An Ubuntu package for i386 architecture (Edgy based).
• An Ubuntu package for amd64 architecture (Hardy based).

November 2007 - version 3.3.1↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 98f6b3fb5f2e0ca8299b8d2c9af45731).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum 52e6483212c53bacc433495f5f56d7d3).
• An Ubuntu package for i386 architecture (Edgy based).
• An Ubuntu package for amd64 architecture (Edgy based).

Marsh 2007 - version 3.3.0↑ Return to top

New stable version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 1311b52bc2ab73684d4920569d98d87c).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum 0fc518bffb46b57e789ab549ab5d9956).
• A Debian package for amd64 architecture (Etch based from 2006-12-02).
• An Ubuntu package for i386 architecture (Edgy based).
• An Ubuntu package for amd64 architecture (Edgy based).

September 2006 - version 3.2.1↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 3a43b1001639c1abbad03c328a038356).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum a1cca8476a691600b19bf61f37e99130).
• A Debian package for Intel processors (Etch based from 2006-09-06).
• A SRPM package for Fedora , use rpmbuild -ba SPECS/v_sim.spec from the extracted data.
• A SRPM package for Mandriva .

May 2006 - version 3.2.0↑ Return to top

New stable version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 163ccad8d54e765bc34c2a3262e00f82).
• Win32 binaries (md5sum beca261bb7cbb4a1235b35033417b8ac).
• A Debian package for Intel processors (Etch based from 2006-06-13).
• A RPM package for Fedora 4 and the associated spec file.
• A SRPM package for Mandriva (the contained spec file has been created with the help of baud123, see this wiki page).

December 2005 - version 3.1.2↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 7797c88dbc60f09edd0e83216c00e240) ;
• A Debian package for Intel computers.
• RPM package and the associated spec file.

October 2005 - version 3.1.1↑ Return to top

Bug correcting version. Download the following distributions:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 19e6e435f1f7bece547e30940027ac01) ;
• Win32 binaries (md5sum d32d4c82d8cc5b6e11b7387a2583e62a) ;
• Debian package for Alpha machines or another Debian package for Intel computers.
• RPM package tested succesfully on a Mandraiva LE2005.

September 2005 - version 3.1.0↑ Return to top

This version requires GTK2 (2.4 at least). The API documentation can be built with the sources if Gtk-doc is installed. Download the following distribution:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 1ef80d1d94014dd6f02a36466ab61442) ;
• Win32 binaries (md5sum 89eadc48e5b604c2aa0481e118332f6b). The Zip archive has no installation wizard, but can be dezip everywhere on the disk. One can find a file called v_sim.ini, it must be copied to the C:\WINDOWS directory or in the same directory than the executable file v_sim.exe. It has been tested with succes under WindowsXP, but problems have been reported on Windows98SE. If you need GTK, give a look to the download page for windows ;
• Debian package for Alpha machines or another Debian package for Intel computers, each one compiled with testing distribution dependancies, packaged with example files and API documentation.
• RPM package compiled with the API documentation and tested succesfully on a Mandraiva LE2005.

March 2005 - version 3.0.0↑ Return to top

This version requires GTK2. The API documentation can be built with the sources if Gtk-doc is installed. Download the following distribution:

• the sources tarball (md5sum 089427e95745203bf77a57226957c938) ;
• Win32 binaries (md5sum e577f35807b8c2a1f319cca24901bfab). The zip archive must be extracted in C:\Program Files directory. No other path is currently supported. It has been tested with succes under WindowsXP, but problems have been reported on Windows98SE. If you need GTK, give a look to the download page for windows ;
• Debian package for Alpha machines or another Debian package for Intel computers, each one compiled with Sarge dependencies.

November 2004 - version 2.3-9↑ Return to top

The licence headers were added in all the source files. V_Sim is now officialy under the CeCILL licence (see the licence page for further details).

The name of the program has also been changed from Visu_gl_gtk to V_Sim. From now on the resources and parameters files are named v_sim.res and v_sim.par. To allow the backward compatibility, if no v_sim.* files are found in the current working directory when V_Sim is launched, the program looks also for classical visu_gl_gtk.* files.

September 2004 - version 2.3-8↑ Return to top

Correct a bug that writes a wrong error message when the '%d' pattern is omitted in the filename during dump all process. This bug existed because the messages were written in french with accents and environnements with the LANG variable pointing to a charset without accents can't simply show the messages.

Add a new button in the browse window to force the rendering of a selected file without needing to circle around all the list. This button called 'render' forces to draw the selected file (with a mouse clic, right or left, or with keyboard arrows) event if this file is not checked.

August 2004 - version 2.3-7↑ Return to top

Correct a bug with the behavior of the backing-store when the X rendering is direct (indeed, the missing of backing-store). The backing-store was previuosly associated with the normal context of the window and not with the GlX context which explains that the backing-store seemed not to work. Warning : to have the backing-store available, it must be specified in the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11/. Check with the following commands the direct rendering or the backing-store state of your X server :

• glxinfo | grep direct
• xdpyinfo | grep backing

Add a support for the mouse wheel in observe session. It allows to zoom in or zoom out with a step of ten percents.

June 2004 - version 2.3-6↑ Return to top

Add a cancelation button under the progress bar when all selected files are dumped to images and a label to explain which is done.

Modify the dump system to pass one more argument which is a function called 100 times during the dumping process. It allows to call the gtk_pending_events which makes the cancel button more reactiv and which allows to have smoother evolution with the progress bar.

Changes within the routine that make the combo box to allow it to update atom species when a new file is reloaded either via automatic update or via the file browser. To avoid the subpanel to blink when the combo box is modified, "changed events" are disabled during the modifications. Thus a call to make_combo doesn't redraw the subpanel and the selected subpanel is maintained.

May 2004 - version 2.3-5↑ Return to top

A new check box appears in the browser subpanel. When checked, this option allows to dump all selected files instead of just the one being viewed. The way it works, is fully described in the user guide. It is important to notice that as all dump processes, the rendering window must not be hidden since it works like a screenshot.

May 2004 - version 2.3-4↑ Return to top

A new function is added that allow to have an automatic refreshing of the view when the file is changed. It works with a polling method : regulary visu scans the disk to see the timestamp of last modifying acces to the file and acts accordingly. It introduces two new parameters : automatic_update and refresh_rate which first enable or not the polling and then controls the period of it. This version introduces also a new subpanel called "Drawing methods" where these two parameters can be ajusted. The button to control immediate or deferred drawing has also been moved from the action panel to this new subpanel.

Marsh 2004 - version 2.3-3↑ Return to top

A new parameter is introduced to code for the width of the box. It is called box_lines_thickness in the parameter file and can vary from 1 to 10. A spin selector is added in the "box and axes" subpanel to control it in a user-friendly way.

February 2004 - version 2.3-2↑ Return to top

This is a version to correct bugs : number of viewed files in the browser were before restricted to 50 by a parameter but if more files were available, it crashs the program (void ascii file made also the program crashs). Now, any number of ascii files can appear in the browser.

June 2003? - version 2.3-1↑ Return to top

A new subpanel is added to allow to browse in .ascii files of the current working directory. Source files are asciiViewer.c and asciiViewer.h. With the arrow buttons one jumps to the next or from the previous selected ascii file. Use the "select all" button to check every available file and the "unselect all" to uncheck all. The ascii files viewed in the browser are only those of the current working directory when V_Sim has been opened.