# Is ASPECT 3.1.0-pre compatible with the Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS operating system?

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/is-aspect-3-1-0-pre-compatible-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-operating-system/4370>\
**Category:** ASPECT\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/is-aspect-3-1-0-pre-compatible-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-operating-system/4370 "2025-11-25T08:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trump\_Chow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@Trump\_Chow](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/Trump_Chow)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/is-aspect-3-1-0-pre-compatible-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-operating-system/4370/1 "2025-11-25T08:48:28Z")

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Hello everyone：

Over the past year,ASPECT version 2.5.0 has been well used on my desktop computer，but now I need to update to the new version.However，this is my first time installing it.So I have a few questions before updating to version 3.1.0-pre ：

1.Can ASPECT 3.1.0-pre be compatible and safely used on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS operating system as version 2.5.0?

2.Will the updated version overwrite the old one, or rendering it unusable?

I would be most grateful for your reply and advice!

Trump

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**Author:** ![bangerth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/bangerth/32/52_2.png) [@bangerth](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/bangerth)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/is-aspect-3-1-0-pre-compatible-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-operating-system/4370/2 "2025-11-25T11:30:40Z")

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@Trump_Chow At least in principle, I don’t see any reason why ASPECT 3.1 will not run on Ubuntu 20.06. The principle difficulty I could foresee is that you will be using a pretty old compiler, and you may not be able to compile a sufficiently new version of deal.II with that compiler – though I don’t know for sure, you might just have to try.

Whether you will overwrite the old installation will depend on how exactly you install ASPECT. You can certainly install it in a different directory.

Best

W.