diff -rupN netgen-5.3.0/ng/ngappinit.cpp netgen-5.3.0-new/ng/ngappinit.cpp

--- netgen-5.3.0/ng/ngappinit.cpp	2014-09-01 20:54:49.511249194 +0200

+++ netgen-5.3.0-new/ng/ngappinit.cpp	2014-09-01 21:03:21.679227844 +0200

@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)

   if (getenv ("NETGENDIR") && strlen (getenv ("NETGENDIR")))

     ngdir = getenv ("NETGENDIR");

-  else

-    ngdir = ".";

-  

+  else {

+    ngdir = "/usr/share/netgen-mesher";

+    setenv("NETGENDIR", ngdir.c_str(), 1);

+  }

+

   verbose = parameters.GetDefineFlag ("V");

   if (verbose)