From 3a6c6b3bb0c3e41362c09e75f02fefe07ef1e485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: john Papadopoulos <johnpapad24@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:35:57 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] porting to debian_based_platforms

---
 cmake/utils.cmake                             |  5 +++++
 util/installation/common/util.sh              |  5 +++++
 .../ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required        | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index 2dd29ef4f..bce01dac4 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ function(detect_os)
         execute_process(COMMAND arch
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRO_ARCH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         set(BDM_OS "${DISTRO_NAME}-${DISTRO_VERSION}")
+	    if(BDM_OS MATCHES "debian|mint|eepin")
+		   set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-24.04")
+        elseif (BDM_OS MATCHES "buntu")
+       	   set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-${DISTRO_VERSION}")
+        endif()
         set(DETECTED_OS "${BDM_OS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         set(DETECTED_ARCH "${DISTRO_ARCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         if("${DISTRO_ARCH}" STREQUAL "aarch64")
diff --git a/util/installation/common/util.sh b/util/installation/common/util.sh
index 45a53d168..dc32741a8 100755
--- a/util/installation/common/util.sh
+++ b/util/installation/common/util.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ function DetectOs {
     DISTRIBUTOR=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
     RELEASE=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
     OS="${DISTRIBUTOR}-${RELEASE}"
+	if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'debian|mint|eepin' ; then
+		OS="ubuntu-24.04"
+    elif echo "$DISTRIBUTOR" | grep -Eiq 'buntu' ; then
+    		OS="ubuntu-${RELEASE}"
+    fi
     echo $OS | awk '{print tolower($0)}'
   elif [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then
     # macOS
diff --git a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
index f2d9591b0..b213da132 100644
--- a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
+++ b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
+lsb-release
 curl
+build-essential
 freeglut3-dev
 g++
 gcc
+gfortran
 g++-11
 gcc-11
+gfortran-11
+patch
 git
+doxygen
 libblas-dev
 libbz2-dev
 liblapack-dev
@@ -16,15 +22,22 @@ libpthread-stubs0-dev
 make
 wget
 zlib1g-dev
-python3-dev
-libbz2-dev
+graphviz-dev
+libgsl-dev
+valgrind
 libffi-dev
 liblzma-dev
 libreadline-dev
 libsqlite3-dev
+libglew-dev
 libssl-dev
 python3-openssl
+libatlas-base-dev
 tk-dev
 xz-utils
-zlib1g-dev
+uuid-dev
+python3-dev
+libldap-dev
+libcfitsio-dev
+libncurses-dev
 

From d53fe4d8bbf42cc86b3ddc62d612b68037cda17e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:37:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/12] Update utils.cmake

added prelimitary support for ubuntu 25 and 26
---
 cmake/utils.cmake | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index bce01dac4..b1da584eb 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ function(detect_os)
         execute_process(COMMAND arch
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRO_ARCH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         set(BDM_OS "${DISTRO_NAME}-${DISTRO_VERSION}")
-	    if(BDM_OS MATCHES "debian|mint|eepin")
-		   set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-24.04")
+	      if(BDM_OS MATCHES "debian|mint|eepin")
+		       set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-24.04")
         elseif (BDM_OS MATCHES "buntu")
        	   set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-${DISTRO_VERSION}")
+           if (BDM_OS MATCHES "buntu-24|buntu-25|buntu-26")
+       	     set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-24.04")
+           endif()
         endif()
         set(DETECTED_OS "${BDM_OS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         set(DETECTED_ARCH "${DISTRO_ARCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)

From a4c92971854cb81a2f0ae8613fb8fb3b3d0b5cf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:40:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/12] Update util.sh

added preliminary support for ubuntu 24.10,  25 and 26
---
 util/installation/common/util.sh | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util/installation/common/util.sh b/util/installation/common/util.sh
index dc32741a8..bfeb657ed 100755
--- a/util/installation/common/util.sh
+++ b/util/installation/common/util.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function DetectOs {
 		OS="ubuntu-24.04"
     elif echo "$DISTRIBUTOR" | grep -Eiq 'buntu' ; then
     		OS="ubuntu-${RELEASE}"
+        if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'buntu-24|buntu-25|buntu-26'; then
+          OS="ubuntu-24.04"
+        fi
     fi
     echo $OS | awk '{print tolower($0)}'
   elif [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then

From 3428b0c8832e38839f8f776ed7ca059849fe96ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:42:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/12] Update util.sh

---
 util/installation/common/util.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/installation/common/util.sh b/util/installation/common/util.sh
index bfeb657ed..212bc0a7b 100755
--- a/util/installation/common/util.sh
+++ b/util/installation/common/util.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function DetectOs {
 		OS="ubuntu-24.04"
     elif echo "$DISTRIBUTOR" | grep -Eiq 'buntu' ; then
     		OS="ubuntu-${RELEASE}"
-        if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'buntu-24|buntu-25|buntu-26'; then
+        if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'buntu-24|buntu-25|buntu-26' ; then
           OS="ubuntu-24.04"
         fi
     fi

From cbdea7e2bcad1134f8f37229e89b428cc235fcd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 11:06:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/12] Update package_list_required

Removed libatlas-base-dev unneeded dependency in order to support ubuntu 25.10
---
 util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
index b213da132..f0d04c605 100644
--- a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
+++ b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ libsqlite3-dev
 libglew-dev
 libssl-dev
 python3-openssl
-libatlas-base-dev
 tk-dev
 xz-utils
 uuid-dev

From b4ad6ec4bf2a30f9dba080969dfb75dae4626bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 19:27:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 06/12] #include <cstdint> for gcc 15

---
 src/core/exporter.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/core/exporter.h b/src/core/exporter.h
index f706b191b..69f0138c4 100644
--- a/src/core/exporter.h
+++ b/src/core/exporter.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <cstdint>
 
 namespace bdm {
 

From a1be7fe46684e75d79d771b474f517f9a32b878a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 19:28:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 07/12] #include <cstdint> for gcc 15

---
 third_party/cxxopts-v2.2.1/cxxopts.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/third_party/cxxopts-v2.2.1/cxxopts.h b/third_party/cxxopts-v2.2.1/cxxopts.h
index 6d230f062..0db88ce3b 100644
--- a/third_party/cxxopts-v2.2.1/cxxopts.h
+++ b/third_party/cxxopts-v2.2.1/cxxopts.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <vector>
 
 #ifdef __cpp_lib_optional

From 240d1edd352c174558da84ca21782fbd1049d49f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 19:30:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 08/12] Removed some non required packages

---
 util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
index f0d04c605..1227e44a5 100644
--- a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
+++ b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-lsb-release
 curl
 build-essential
 freeglut3-dev
 g++
 gcc
 gfortran
-g++-11
-gcc-11
-gfortran-11
 patch
 git
 doxygen

From 923914076184cd922fb76b03ae8af94910e21b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 00:30:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 09/12] Recovered gcc-11

---
 util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
index 1227e44a5..6abeb6630 100644
--- a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
+++ b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ freeglut3-dev
 g++
 gcc
 gfortran
+g++-11
+gcc-11
+gfortran-11
 patch
 git
 doxygen

From 0aa343b67b3a3be3040cc1f8ee4809f39f53d2d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johnpapad24 <92296237+johnpapad24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 22:41:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 10/12] Update prerequisites.sh

One by one package installation for failsafe reasons.

installing cmake after curl
---
 util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/prerequisites.sh | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/prerequisites.sh b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/prerequisites.sh
index a3ea706cb..dd0178792 100755
--- a/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/prerequisites.sh
+++ b/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/prerequisites.sh
@@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
 # Update
 sudo apt-get update
 
+# Install required packages
+while read -r package; do
+  sudo apt-get install -y "$package"
+done < $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required
+
+# Install CMAKE
 CMAKE_VER=3.19.3
 CMAKE_SH="cmake-${CMAKE_VER}-linux-x86_64.sh"
 curl -L -O  https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VER}/${CMAKE_SH}
 sudo bash "${CMAKE_SH}" --prefix=/usr/local --skip-license
 rm "${CMAKE_SH}"
 
-# Install required packages
-sudo apt-get install -y \
-  $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_required)
-
 if [ -n "${PYENV_ROOT}" ]; then
   unset PYENV_ROOT
 fi
@@ -80,8 +82,10 @@ if [ $1 == "all" ]; then
   # Don't install --user: the packages should end up in the PYENV_ROOT directory
   python -m pip install -r $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/pip_packages.txt
 
-  sudo apt-get install -y \
-    $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_extra)
+while read -r package; do
+  sudo apt-get install -y "$package"
+done < $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/ubuntu-24.04/package_list_extra
+
 fi
 
 exit 0

From 6ce3db75e786e5ee7ce3ddbd9936892a7c7285a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Papadopoulos <johnpapad24@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 18:10:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] porting biodynamo to rhel fedora

---
 util/installation/rhel/Dockerfile            |  52 ++++++++
 util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra    |  25 ++++
 util/installation/rhel/package_list_required |  78 ++++++++++++
 util/installation/rhel/prerequisites.sh      | 127 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 282 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 util/installation/rhel/Dockerfile
 create mode 100644 util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra
 create mode 100644 util/installation/rhel/package_list_required
 create mode 100755 util/installation/rhel/prerequisites.sh

diff --git a/util/installation/rhel/Dockerfile b/util/installation/rhel/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45e68264f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/installation/rhel/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 CERN & University of Surrey for the benefit of the
+# BioDynaMo collaboration. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# See the LICENSE file distributed with this work for details.
+# See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FROM centos:7
+
+# workaround for https://github.com/containers/buildah/issues/1046
+RUN echo "" >> /etc/hosts && cat /etc/hosts && yum -y install setup
+
+# man required by ROOT
+# mesa-dri-drivers: OpenGl driver (software renderer)
+RUN yum update -y && yum install -y \
+  git \
+  sudo \
+  man \
+  wget \
+  xorg-x11-server-Xvfb \
+  mesa-dri-drivers
+
+RUN git config --system user.name "Test User" && \
+    git config --system user.email user@test.com
+
+# update user id and group id such that mapped volumes can be accessed with the
+# same rights as on the host. Files created by the container can also be
+# accessed on the host without chowning.
+ARG HOST_UID
+ARG HOST_GID
+
+RUN groupadd -g $HOST_GID testuser && \
+    useradd -u $HOST_UID -g $HOST_GID -m -c "Testuser" testuser && \
+    passwd --delete testuser && \
+    echo "testuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+USER testuser
+
+# preserve the environment variable BDM_LOCAL_LFS when calling scripts with
+# sudo
+RUN echo "Defaults env_keep += \"BDM_LOCAL_LFS\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers
+
+# the OpenGL capabilities can be incorrectly detected -> override version
+# https://python.develop-bugs.com/article/10118323/paraview+needs+higher+OpenGL+in+Mesa
+ENV MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.3
diff --git a/util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra b/util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b32375ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+doxygen
+graphviz
+libxml2-devel
+fontconfig-devel
+fontconfig
+freetype
+freetype-devel
+llvm-toolset-7
+llvm-toolset-7-clang-tools-extra
+llvm-toolset-7-llvm-devel
+llvm-toolset-7-llvm-static
+valgrind
+gsl-devel
+openssl-devel
+pcre-devel
+mesa-libGL-devel
+mesa-libGLU-devel
+cfitsio-devel
+libldap-dev
+python-devel
+libXt-devel 
+freeglut3-devel
+ncurses-devel
+
+
diff --git a/util/installation/rhel/package_list_required b/util/installation/rhel/package_list_required
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43f4cb1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/installation/rhel/package_list_required
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+gcc
+g++
+gcc-gfortran
+bzip2-devel
+freeglut-devel
+git
+patch
+libXext-devel
+libXt-devel
+numactl-devel
+openmpi-devel
+wget
+zlib-devel
+python3-tkinter
+tk-devel
+
+@development
+gmp-devel
+mpfr-devel
+libmpc-devel
+bzip2
+readline-devel
+sqlite
+doxygen
+sqlite-devel
+openssl-devel
+xz
+xz-devel
+libffi-devel
+findutils
+lapack-devel
+blas-devel
+llvm-toolset
+openmpi
+libX11-devel
+libXpm-devel
+libXft-devel
+valgrind
+gsl-devel
+atlas-devel
+pcre-devel
+mesa-libGL-devel
+mesa-libGLU-devel
+glew-devel
+ftgl-devel
+mysql-devel
+fftw-devel
+cfitsio-devel
+graphviz-devel
+avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
+libldap-devel
+python-devel
+libxml2-devel
+gsl-static
+libXt-devel 
+freeglut3-devel
+ncurses-devel
+openldap-devel
+zlib
+libuuid-devel
+ffmpeg-free-devel
+libxkbcommon-devel
+libxkbcommon-x11-devel
+xcb-util-devel
+xcb-util-image-devel
+xcb-util-keysyms-devel
+xcb-util-xrm-devel
+xcb-util-cursor-devel
+xcb-util-renderutil-devel
+xcb-util-wm-devel
+libXi-devel
+xcb-proto
+tslib
+tslib-devel
+ncurses-compat-libs
+devtoolset-10-gcc*
+devtoolset-11-gcc*
+gcc-toolset-11*
diff --git a/util/installation/rhel/prerequisites.sh b/util/installation/rhel/prerequisites.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d2d2ace23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/installation/rhel/prerequisites.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 CERN & University of Surrey for the benefit of the
+# BioDynaMo collaboration. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# See the LICENSE file distributed with this work for details.
+# See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# This script installs the required packages
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Wrong number of arguments.
+Description:
+    This script installs the prerequisites of BioDynaMo, but not BioDynaMo
+    itself. Script install.sh installs both prerequisites and BioDynaMo.
+Arguments:
+    <install_type>  all/required. If all is specified, then this script
+                    will install all the prerequisites."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+BDM_PROJECT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/../../.."
+
+sudo -v
+
+
+sudo yum update -y
+
+# Install repositories
+
+sudo yum config-manager --enable *codeready*
+
+sudo yum config-manager --enable *crb*
+
+sudo yum config-manager --enable *powertools*
+
+sudo yum config-manager --enable *extras*
+
+sudo subscription-manager repos --enable *powertools*
+
+sudo subscription-manager repos --enable *codeready*
+
+sudo subscription-manager repos --disable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-*-x86_64-eus*"
+
+sudo yum update -y
+
+sudo yum install -y --nogpgcheck --skip-broken epel-release
+
+if $( cat /etc/os-release | grep -q 'PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"' ); then 
+	sudo dnf install \
+https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+fi
+
+sudo yum update -y
+
+
+# Install required packages
+
+if echo $(yum --version) | awk '{print $1}' | grep -Eiq 'dnf5' ; then
+
+  sudo dnf install -y --nogpgcheck --skip-unavailable \
+    $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/rhel/package_list_required)
+
+else
+
+  sudo yum install -y --nogpgcheck --skip-broken \
+    $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/rhel/package_list_required)
+
+fi
+
+
+curl -L -O https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.19.3/cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh
+chmod +x cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh
+sudo ./cmake-3.19.3-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
+
+if [ -n "${PYENV_ROOT}" ]; then
+  unset PYENV_ROOT
+fi
+
+# If PyEnv is not installed, install it
+if [ ! -f "$HOME/.pyenv/bin/pyenv" ]; then
+  echo "PyEnv was not found. Installing now..."
+  curl https://pyenv.run | bash
+fi
+export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
+eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+pyenv update
+
+PYVERS=3.9.1
+
+# If Python $PYVERS is not installed, install it
+if [ ! -f  "$HOME/.pyenv/versions/$PYVERS/lib/libpython3.so" ]; then
+  echo "Python $PYVERS was not found. Installing now..."
+  /usr/bin/env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install -f $PYVERS
+fi
+pyenv shell $PYVERS
+
+# Install optional packages
+if [ $1 == "all" ]; then
+  python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+  PIP_PACKAGES="markupsafe==2.0.1 nbformat jupyter metakernel jupyterlab nbformat==5.4.0 nbconvert==6.5.3 nbclient==0.6.6 setuptools cython"
+  # Don't install --user: the packages should end up in the PYENV_ROOT directory
+  python -m pip install $PIP_PACKAGES
+  # SBML integration
+  if echo $(yum --version) | awk '{print $1}' | grep -Eiq 'dnf5' ; then
+
+      sudo dnf install -y --nogpgcheck --skip-unavailable \
+        $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra)
+
+  else
+
+      sudo yum install -y --nogpgcheck --skip-broken \
+        $(cat $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/rhel/package_list_extra)
+
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+exit 0

From 298f2c7ae1cbff3ec6b048886ad6c653c33db63d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Papadopoulos <johnpapad24@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 19:19:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] fixed bash and fish files

---
 cmake/env/thisbdm.fish           | 16 +++++++++++++---
 cmake/env/thisbdm.sh             | 19 +++++++++++++------
 cmake/utils.cmake                |  8 ++++++++
 install.sh                       |  6 ++++++
 util/installation/common/util.sh | 10 +++++++++-
 5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish b/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
index 875851f88..d02f1b2da 100755
--- a/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
+++ b/cmake/env/thisbdm.fish
@@ -423,11 +423,10 @@ function source_thisbdm
     else # GNU/Linux
         # CentOS specifics (no longer officially supported)
         set -l os_id (grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"'); or return 1
+        set -l os_proc_id (cat /proc/version); or return 1
         if test "$os_id" = 'centos'
             set -gx MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE "3.3"
-            if test -z "$CXX"; and test -z "$CC"
-                . scl_source enable devtoolset-10; or return 1
-            end
+
 
             . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh; or return 1
             module load mpi; or return 1
@@ -436,7 +435,18 @@ function source_thisbdm
             if test -d "$BDMSYS"/third_party/libroadrunner
                 . scl_source enable llvm-toolset-7; or return 1
             end
+          
         end
+        if string match -iq '*Red Hat*' -- $os_proc_id
+            . scl_source enable gcc-toolset-10 ^ /dev/null ^& /dev/null or true
+            . scl_source enable devtoolset-10 ^ /dev/null ^& /dev/null or true
+            . scl_source enable gcc-toolset-11 ^ /dev/null ^& /dev/null or true
+            . scl_source enable devtoolset-11 ^ /dev/null ^& /dev/null or true
+      
+            . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh or return 1
+            module load mpi or return 1
+        end
+        
     end
     #######
 
diff --git a/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh b/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
index 262165bc2..6aa2e2b7b 100755
--- a/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
+++ b/cmake/env/thisbdm.sh
@@ -551,19 +551,26 @@ _source_thisbdm()
     # CentOS specifics (no longer officially supported)
     local os_id
     os_id=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"') || return 1
+    os_proc_id=$(cat /proc/version) || return 1
+    
     if [ "$os_id" = 'centos' ]; then
         export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.3
-        if [ -z "${CXX}" ] && [ -z "${CC}" ] ; then
-            . scl_source enable devtoolset-10 || return 1
-        fi
-        . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh || return 1
-        module load mpi || return 1
-
         # load llvm 6 required for libroadrunner
         if [ -d "${BDMSYS}"/third_party/libroadrunner ]; then
           . scl_source enable llvm-toolset-7 || return 1
         fi
     fi
+    if echo "$os_proc_id" | grep -Eiq 'Red Hat'; then
+      . scl_source enable gcc-toolset-10 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || true
+      . scl_source enable devtoolset-10 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || true
+      . scl_source enable gcc-toolset-11 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || true
+      . scl_source enable devtoolset-11 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || true
+      
+      . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh || return 1
+      module load mpi || return 1
+    fi
+    
+
   fi
   #######
 
diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index b1da584eb..2c59f6df2 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ function(detect_os)
         set(DETECTED_OS_VERS "${BDM_OS}-${MACOS_VERSION}-${MACOS_ARCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
         set(GET_OS_ID "echo $(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '\"')")
+        set(GET_OS_ID_PROC "echo $(cat /proc/version)")
         set(GET_OS_VERSION "echo $(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '\"')")
+
         execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "${GET_OS_ID}"
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRO_NAME
                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "${GET_OS_ID_PROC}"
+                        OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRO_NAME_PROC
+                        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "${GET_OS_VERSION}"
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRO_VERSION
                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ function(detect_os)
        	     set(BDM_OS "ubuntu-24.04")
            endif()
         endif()
+        if(DISTRO_NAME_PROC MATCHES "Red Hat")
+          set(BDM_OS "centos-7")
+        endif()
         set(DETECTED_OS "${BDM_OS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         set(DETECTED_ARCH "${DISTRO_ARCH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         if("${DISTRO_ARCH}" STREQUAL "aarch64")
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 48fc19759..61f6f7532 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -44,5 +44,11 @@ if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+# Activate mpi on centos/rhel
+if echo "$BDM_DETECTED_OS" | grep -Eiq 'centos|rhel'; then
+  . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
+  module load mpi/openmpi-x86_64
+fi
+
 # call install script for the detected OS
 $BDM_PROJECT_DIR/util/installation/common/install.sh ${BDM_DETECTED_OS}
diff --git a/util/installation/common/util.sh b/util/installation/common/util.sh
index 212bc0a7b..5982c3f49 100755
--- a/util/installation/common/util.sh
+++ b/util/installation/common/util.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ function DetectOs {
     DISTRIBUTOR=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
     RELEASE=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
     OS="${DISTRIBUTOR}-${RELEASE}"
+    PROCVERSION=$(cat /proc/version)
 	if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'debian|mint|eepin' ; then
 		OS="ubuntu-24.04"
     elif echo "$DISTRIBUTOR" | grep -Eiq 'buntu' ; then
@@ -55,8 +56,15 @@ function DetectOs {
         if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'buntu-24|buntu-25|buntu-26' ; then
           OS="ubuntu-24.04"
         fi
+  elif echo "$PROCVERSION" | grep -Eiq 'Red Hat' ; then
+    if echo "$OS" | grep -Eiq 'centos-7'; then
+      OS="centos-7"
+    else
+      OS="rhel"
     fi
-    echo $OS | awk '{print tolower($0)}'
+  fi
+  echo $OS | awk '{print tolower($0)}'
+  
   elif [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then
     # macOS
     echo osx