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+fpt
diff --git a/util/README.md b/util/README.md
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+## Utilities
+
+A place for utilities for building / porting BULLETIN.
+
+## fpt
+
+The fpt tool is a took for porting VMS fortran to linux.  It won't do
+everything, but it's a good start.  The `fpt-install` script will untar it
+once it is downloaded.
+
+See here for how to get it:
+
+https://simconglobal.com/fpt_ref_linux_installation.html
diff --git a/util/fpt-install b/util/fpt-install
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+tarball=fptilnx_4.311.tar.gz
+
+tar xf ~/Downloads/"$tarball"