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   * The Linux-based analysis or simulation software has no GUI, but there is a Windows GUI.   * The Linux-based analysis or simulation software has no GUI, but there is a Windows GUI.
   * The Windows application may be a pre- or post-processor for a native Linux application.   * The Windows application may be a pre- or post-processor for a native Linux application.
-  * If the user lacks a workstation with sufficient resource such as memory or processing power.+  * If the user lacks a workstation with sufficient resources such as memory or processing power.
  
 ==== Consider Cloud ==== ==== Consider Cloud ====
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-[[https://www.winehq.org/|Wine]] (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Installing Wine on a Linux system is a non-trivial task, which may require root access.  This would introduce serious and unacceptable security issues.  However, Wine can be accessed by way of a [[https://docs.sylabs.io/guides/3.5/user-guide/index.html|Singularity]] container.  Singularity-3.5.3 is available on Linux and the container for WineHQ has been installed in ''/home/apps/chpc/compmech/Wine/winehq.sif''+[[https://www.winehq.org/|Wine]] (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Installing Wine on a Linux system is a non-trivial task, which may require root access.  This would introduce serious and unacceptable security issues.  However, Wine can be accessed by way of a [[https://docs.sylabs.io/guides/3.5/user-guide/index.html|Singularity]] container.  Singularity-3.5.3 is available on Lengau and the container for WineHQ has been installed in ''/home/apps/chpc/compmech/Wine/winehq.sif''
  
 Therefore, if you need to run a Windows application on the cluster, you can do so as follows: Therefore, if you need to run a Windows application on the cluster, you can do so as follows:
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