Good news !
J. Cugnoni (EPFL, Switzerland), an user of Code_Aster has just made a "live CD" for Linux/Code_Aster.
http://lmafsrv1.epfl.ch/jcugnoni/PcLinuxOsAster/PcLinuxOsAster0.0.1.iso
Simply download ISO file, burn it on a CD and try !
Everything you need to run Code_aster is on CD.
You...
Code_Aster is an huge code but only a finite element code.
It cannot understand "CAD", only mesh for some formats:
- its own mesh format (called .mail)
- mesh from Cast3M/Gibi software (a software from CEA, France)
- mesh from I-DEAS
- mesh from GMSH (free CAD/mesh on www.geuz.org)
- mesh in...