</p>
<ol>
+ <li> <a href="#nodata">I tried to install <acronym>deal.II</acronym>
+ on system X and it does not work.</a>
<li> <a href="#compiler">How do I change the compiler?</a>
<li> <a href="#gcc296">I cannot compile <acronym>deal.II</acronym>
with gcc version 2.96!</a>
</ol>
+ <a href="nodata"></a>
+ <h3>I tried to install <acronym>deal.II</acronym>
+ on system X and it does not work.</h3>
+
+ <p>
+ Even if people reading this list and especially people managing this list
+ belong to the most able programmers in the universe (and a decent number of
+ parallel universes), all of us need data to find errors. So, whatever went
+ wrong, paste the error message into your email. If appropriate, add lines
+ from the file producing the error.
+ </p>
+
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<h3>How do I change the compiler?</h3>