#1108752 RFP: openems -- electromagnetic field solver

#1108752#5
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2025-07-04 19:06:05 UTC
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* Package name    : openems
  Version         : 0.0.36
  Upstream Contact: Thorsten Liebig
* URL             : https://github.com/thliebig/openEMS
* License         : GPL-3
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : electromagnetic field solver

Welcome! openEMS is a free and open electromagnetic field solver using
the FDTD method. Matlab or Octave and Python are used as an easy and
flexible scripting interface.
IÄm not aware that we have any tool like this in the archive.
This repo hosts the backend/CLI.

#1108752#10
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2025-07-05 17:39:56 UTC
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retitle 1108752 ITP: openems -- electromagnetic field solver
thanks

I've been watching sporadic work on integrating openEMS with the Ringdove
suite, and am sufficiently interested in using that work someday to take a
whirl at packaging openEMS for Debian.

I've created https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/openems and work
on the packaging will proceed there.

Bdale

#1108752#17
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2025-07-05 19:05:04 UTC
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I note that openEMS was packaged at one point by the Debian Science
Team, but the last work was apparently in 2021 based on a previous
upstream release.  The work I plan to do is re-packaging starting with
upstream released version 0.0.36, which itself may prove to be somewhat
out of date (22 Oct 2023 release) relative to recent upstream
development work.

Bdale

#1108752#22
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2025-07-06 20:38:27 UTC
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Awesome, thanks !

best,

werdahias

#1108752#31
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2026-09-22 06:36:51 UTC
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retitle 1108752 RFP: openems -- electromagnetic field solver
thanks

After an initial burst of energy during which I discovered more
dependencies than expected, and I just haven't made time to work through
the various issues.  I'd love to see openEMS packaged in Debian, but
it's time to admit I won't be the one to make that happen .. at least
not this year.

Bdale