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v24.06.00

07 Jun 11:58
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v24.06/CHANGELOG.md#v240600
Diff with v23.12: v23.12...v24.06

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.10 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.10-dev python3.10-distutils pybind11-dev
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.10 -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.10
 brew link --force python@3.10
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install numpy scipy
 brew install pybind11

Check SHA256 checksums

Feel free to check SHA256 checksums of our official binaries:

  • SOFA_v24.06.00_Linux.run → c7b3a44498845b7558bd2acae664f4349582a159b820482827610679058e42cf
  • SOFA_v24.06.00_Linux.zip → 9d515e2f25f657c744821be8a5361e22803c18947b33af7a0b357c259202236a
  • SOFA_v24.06.00_MacOS.zip → 5be15622ff75fae962390f0d3837147fba73897cd205c7a69c41220102106e06
  • SOFA_v24.06.00_Win64.exe → 28a3483726e53e6799219c840757f82b4ca89ed77ba649e781c42c01a8e2b3c7
  • SOFA_v24.06.00_Win64.zip → 06c704106d68174ed290e9db218508847a8ba72295a9f5c4faabe83d2bd946b1

Compare these sha with yours:

  • Windows : on Powershell Get-FileHash path/to/file
  • Ubuntu : in a terminal sha256sum path/to/file
  • MacOS : in a terminal shasum -a 256 /path/to/file

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 TinyXML2 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.12 1.74.0 3.4.0 3.10.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.12 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.10.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.3.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.10.10 2.6.2 10.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v23.12.01

22 Mar 09:50
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v23.12/CHANGELOG.md#v231201
Diff with v23.06: v23.06...v23.12

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.10 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.10-dev python3.10-distutils pybind11-dev
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.10 -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.10
 brew link --force python@3.10
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install numpy scipy
 brew install pybind11

Check SHA256 checksums

Feel free to check SHA256 checksums of our official binaries:

  • SOFA_v23.12.01_Linux.run → e3872b7343918a321027b3b947b0e86e28cb76747c1654947cf5f04e3987f7f0
  • SOFA_v23.12.01_Linux.zip → 9b5811eb383994e3a465c3e7f0f3728717f7f014c9e82a9750be973f886dd82d
  • SOFA_v23.12.01_MacOS.zip → f88906a9bdb95b26940423f3f424da83a41b50b06811349c42c507cbed4a62b5
  • SOFA_v23.12.01_Win64.exe → 3423a4bd7c40bd2c78e3ce54efa4ce304524328356c3bf8b510a75fe04078939
  • SOFA_v23.12.01_Win64.zip → fc2cc3451a10b9e200dcde3fe08e6aaea07ea3098e3dff9e60b74878d76838af

Compare these sha with yours:

  • Windows : on Powershell Get-FileHash path/to/file
  • Ubuntu : in a terminal sha256sum path/to/file
  • MacOS : in a terminal shasum -a 256 /path/to/file

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 TinyXML2 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.12 1.74.0 3.4.0 3.10.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.12 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.10.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.3.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.10.10 2.6.2 10.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v23.12.00

01 Mar 10:00
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v23.12/CHANGELOG.md#v231200
Diff with v23.06: v23.06...v23.12

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.10 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.10-dev python3.10-distutils pybind11-dev
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.10 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.10 -m pip install numpy scipy pybind11==2.9.1

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.10 + Numpy + Scipy + pybind11 if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.10
 brew link --force python@3.10
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install numpy scipy
 brew install pybind11

Check SHA256 checksums

Feel free to check SHA256 checksums of our official binaries:

  • SOFA_v23.12.00-full_Linux.run → 33c087d8a9abbe039d474416c93a1575b0d0d9796f1980544edd61cf84c5e0dc
  • SOFA_v23.12.00-full_Linux.zip → 5a65da8630fd637432463c2afd7de765287e80a417aafafc3123ea8006de512d
  • SOFA_v23.12.00-full_MacOS.zip → ac2e440163ce223337e72fb295c218354e261f70d6593813491fb3bc6012283e
  • SOFA_v23.12.00-full_Win64.exe → f327655ccd00128f6b2ff590d10aac1f79ed81efeb13ea0ec81291879385d302
  • SOFA_v23.12.00-full_Win64.zip → e56dde4f67e0fe1b38b57665793d5c87dbfad0f0af9c0c5cf3dbd956c86ef88c

Compare these sha with yours:

  • Windows : on Powershell Get-FileHash path/to/file
  • Ubuntu : in a terminal sha256sum path/to/file
  • MacOS : in a terminal shasum -a 256 /path/to/file

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 TinyXML2 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.12 1.74.0 3.4.0 3.10.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.12 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.9.1 9.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.3.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.8.10 2.6.2 10.0.0 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v23.06.00

29 Jun 14:02
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v23.06/CHANGELOG.md#v230600
Diff with v22.12: v22.12...v23.06

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.8 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.8-dev python3-distutils
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.8
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.1.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v22.12.00

11 Jan 19:47
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v22.12/CHANGELOG.md#v221200
Diff with v22.06: v22.06...v22.12

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.8 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.8-dev python3-distutils
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.8
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.1.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v22.06.00

11 Aug 15:43
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Diff with v21.12: v21.12...v22.06

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable.
  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.8 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.8-dev python3-distutils
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.8
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.8 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 8c 4.1.0
MacOS 5.12.8 1.76.0 3.4.0 3.8.10 2.6.2 2.2.0 1.2.11 1.6.37 9e 4.3.0
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v21.12.00

16 Dec 17:03
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v21.12/CHANGELOG.md#v211200
Diff with v21.06: v21.06...v21.12

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.
  2. [OPTIONAL] Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
    Download and install Python 3.7 (amd64).
    Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
    Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0

     sudo apt install libopengl0

  2. [OPTIONAL] Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     sudo apt install python3.8-dev python3-distutils
 curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 /tmp/get-pip3.py
 python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

  2. [OPTIONAL] Install Python 3.9 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

     brew install python@3.9
 python3.9 -m pip install numpy scipy

Plugins

Some plugins are now generating their own binaries 🎉
To install a plugin, download and unzip it into the plugins folder of SOFA.

If you want your plugin added to this list, feel free to contact us.

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

. Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.6 1.69.0 3.3.7 3.7.9 2.4.3 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.6 1.71.0 3.3.7 3.8.10 2.4.3 2.0.0 1.2.11 1.6.34 8c 4.0.9
MacOS 5.12.6 1.76.0 3.3.9 3.9.5 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.36 9c 4.0.10
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v21.06.03

03 Dec 16:57
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Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v21.06/CHANGELOG.md#v210603
Diff with v21.06.02: v21.06.02...v21.06.03

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        Download and install Python 3.7 (amd64).
        Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
        Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0
        sudo apt install libopengl0
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        sudo apt install python3.7-dev python3-pip
        python3.7 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.9 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        brew install python@3.9
        python3.9 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info

Binaries were generated using the following libraries:

. Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.6 1.69.0 3.3.7 3.7.9 2.4.3 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.6 1.67.0 3.3.4 3.7.5 2.4.3 2.0.0 1.2.11 1.6.34 8c 4.0.9
MacOS 5.12.6 1.76.0 3.3.7 3.9.5 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.36 9c 4.0.10
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v21.06.02

27 Oct 14:06
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Diff with v21.06.01: v21.06.01...v21.06.02

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        Download and install Python 3.7 (amd64).
        Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
        Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0
        sudo apt install libopengl0
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        sudo apt install python3.7-dev python3-pip
        python3.7 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.9 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        brew install python@3.9
        python3.9 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info

Binaries were generated using the following libraries:

. Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.6 1.69.0 3.3.7 3.7.9 2.4.3 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.6 1.67.0 3.3.4 3.7.5 2.4.3 2.0.0 1.2.11 1.6.34 8c 4.0.9
MacOS 5.12.6 1.76.0 3.3.7 3.9.5 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.36 9c 4.0.10
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04 Oct 08:24
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Diff with v21.06.00: v21.06.00...v21.06.01

Required dependencies

Windows

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        Download and install Python 3.7 (amd64).
        Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
        Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

  1. Install libopengl0
        sudo apt install libopengl0
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.7 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        sudo apt install python3.7-dev python3-pip
        python3.7 -m pip install numpy scipy

MacOS

  1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.
  2. OPTIONAL
        Install Python 3.9 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
        brew install python@3.9
        python3.9 -m pip install numpy scipy

Info

Binaries were generated using the following libraries:

. Qt Boost Eigen Python pybind11 Glew Zlib libPNG libJPEG libTIFF
Windows 5.12.6 1.69.0 3.3.7 3.7.9 2.4.3 1.13 1.2.8 1.6.18 6b 4.0.9
Linux 5.12.6 1.67.0 3.3.4 3.7.5 2.4.3 2.0.0 1.2.11 1.6.34 8c 4.0.9
MacOS 5.12.6 1.76.0 3.3.7 3.9.5 2.6.2 2.1.0 1.2.11 1.6.36 9c 4.0.10
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