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   dnf install qt-x11 mesa-libGLU
 and answering "y" to all questions (attention - this installs a non-default repository).
-In case of other Fedora or Redhat Enterprise Linux distributions, you may have to
+In case of other '''Fedora''' or Redhat Enterprise Linux ('''RHEL'''; same as CentOS) distributions, you may have to
   yum install qt qt-x11
 if you get the error message
   xdsgui: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 or similar for libQtCore.so.4.
+If in case of RHEL or related distributions you don't know the name of the package, e.g.
+  yum provides "*/libQtCore.so.4"
+would tell you about it.
-'''Ubuntu 14.04''' has libmng2 instead of libmng. Therefore, on 32bit systems you should try
+'''Ubuntu''' needs the libglu1-mesa package if you get the error message
- sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmng.so.2 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmng.so.1
+  xdsgui: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
-and on 64bit systems
+If in the case of Ubuntu you don't know the name of the package that provides a certain library, the
- sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmng.so.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmng.so.1
+  sudo apt-file search libGLU.so.1
-if you get the error message
+command would find it for you. This needs a one-time installation by
-  xdsgui: error while loading shared libraries: libmng.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
+  sudo apt install apt-file
+  sudo apt-file update
 On the '''Mac''' (e.g. Yosemite) one needs [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?ls=1&mt=12 Xcode] installed. Otherwise one may obtain a popup error “You can’t open the application because it is not supported on this type of Mac.” After installation of Xcode, run the <code>strings</code> command (once) and accept the license agreement!