[jzheng]

Hi All

I installed OpenFOAM-2.3.1 by following steps on https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...HEL#CentOS_6.5.

I run the cavity sample at the moment when installation was finished, both OpenFoam and ParaView are work good.

But when I turn off the terminal window and start a new terminal window, do the following again:

[pxe819@takara ~]$ of231
[pxe819@takara ~]$ cd $FOAM_RUN/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity

Here is the response:

bash: cd: /home/pxe819/OpenFOAM/pxe819-2.3.1/run/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity: No such file or directory

My $HOME/.Bashrc is as follow:

echo "alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source \$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS'" >> $HOME/.bashrc

alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=16 foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc48 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI'

alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc '

Is there anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks

[wyldckat]

Greetings jzheng,

OK, I see the problem. Sorry about the confusing instructions on the wiki, because I should have emphasized what I meant... where this is written:

Also, save an alias in the personal .bashrc file:

it actually means:

Also, save an alias in the personal .bashrc file, simply by running:

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In order to fix this problem, please edit the file "~/.bashrc" and change this block of code you have at the end of the file:

echo "alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source \$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS'" >> $HOME/.bashrc

alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=16 foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc48 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI'

alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc '

and replace it with just this line:

alias of231='module load openmpi-x86_64; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.1/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=16 foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc48 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI'

Best regards,
Bruno

[jzheng]

Hi Bruno

It works perfect after I changed personal .bashrc.

This OpenFOAM was installed on my own virtual machine. I just have another question that can I copy this OpenFOAM and run it on another machine which is using the same CentOS but no root access?

Thanks

[wyldckat]

Originally Posted by jzheng

I just have another question that can I copy this OpenFOAM and run it on another machine which is using the same CentOS but no root access?

In theory: Yes, if it's the same CentOS version.
In practice: depends on whether the other machine has all of the same library versions as yours. If not, you might risk some failures while running, due to incompatible library versions.