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 This requires the GSL (version 1.2 or higher; freely available from
 http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/) and FLTK (version 1.1.x, configured
-with OpenGL support; freely avialable form see http://www.fltk.org),
-to be installed on your system. If not in default locations, you can
-either use the --with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure
-options, or you can set the environment variables FLTK_DIR and
-GSL_DIR.
+with OpenGL support; freely available from http://www.fltk.org), to be
+installed on your system. If not in default locations, you can either
+use the --with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure options, or
+you can set the environment variables FLTK_DIR and GSL_DIR.
 
 To install a non-graphical version of Gmsh (that does not require
 FLTK nor OpenGL), type