diff --git a/bin/installdumux.sh b/bin/installdumux.sh
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+# One click install script for dumux
+echo " "
+echo " "
+echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+echo "(0/3) Checking all prerequistes. (git gcc g++ cmake pkg-config paraview)"
+echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+
+# check some prerequistes
+for PRGRM in git gcc g++ cmake pkg-config paraview; do
+    if ! [ -x "$(command -v $PRGRM)" ]; then
+        echo "Error: $PRGRM is not installed." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+currentver="$(gcc -dumpversion)"
+requiredver="7"
+if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$requiredver" "$currentver" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "$requiredver" ]; then
+    echo "gcc greater than or equal to $requiredver is required for dumux releases >=3.2!" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(0/3) An error occured while checking for prerequistes."
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    exit $?
+else
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(1/3) All prerequistes found."
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+fi
+
+
+# make a new folder containing everything
+mkdir $(pwd)/DUMUX
+cd DUMUX
+
+echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+echo "(1/3) Cloning repositories. This may take a while. Make sure to be connected to the internet."
+echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+DUNE_VERSION=2.7
+DUMUX_VERSION=3.2
+# the core modules
+for MOD in common geometry grid localfunctions istl; do
+    git clone -b releases/$DUNE_VERSION  https://gitlab.dune-project.org/core/dune-$MOD.git
+done
+
+# dumux
+git clone -b releases/$DUMUX_VERSION https://git.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/dumux-repositories/dumux.git
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(1/3) Failed to clone the repositories. Look for repository specific errors."
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    exit $?
+else
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(2/3) All repositories have been cloned into a containing folder."
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+fi
+
+echo " "
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************************"
+echo "(2/3) Configure and build dune modules and dumux using dunecontrol. This may take several minutes."
+echo "**************************************************************************************************"
+
+# run dunecontrol
+./dune-common/bin/dunecontrol --opts=cmake.opts all
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(2/3) Failed to build the dune libaries."
+    echo "*********************************************************************************************"
+    exit $?
+else
+    echo "*****************************************************************************************************"
+    echo "(3/3) Succesfully configured and built dune and dumux."
+    echo "*****************************************************************************************************"
+fi
diff --git a/doc/handbook/installDumux.sh b/doc/handbook/installDumux.sh
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-# One click install script for dumux
-
-# make a new folder containing everything
-mkdir $(pwd)/DUMUX
-cd DUMUX
-
-echo "*************************************************"
-echo "(1/2) Cloning repositories. This may take a while.
-Make sure to be connected to the internet."
-echo "*************************************************"
-# the core modules
-for MOD in common geometry grid localfunctions istl; do
-    git clone -b releases/2.6 https://gitlab.dune-project.org/core/dune-$MOD.git
-done
-
-# dumux
-git clone -b releases/3.1 https://git.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/dumux-repositories/dumux.git
-
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "*************************************************"
-    echo "Failed to clone the repositories."
-    echo "*************************************************"
-    exit $?
-fi
-
-echo "*************************************************"
-echo "(2/2) Configure dune modules and dumux. Build the
-dune libaries. This may take several minutes."
-echo "*************************************************"
-# run build
-./dune-common/bin/dunecontrol --opts=dumux/cmake.opts all
-#
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "*************************************************"
-    echo "Failed to build the dune libaries."
-    echo "*************************************************"
-    exit $?
-fi
-
-# echo result
-echo "*************************************************"
-echo "Successfully configured and built dune and dumux."
-echo "Please run the test_dumux.sh script to confirm everything works."
-echo "*************************************************"