[yarrort1]

When Finished installation,type FoamX,
there exists the following error:
nsd: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


executing ./foamInstallationTest:
Checking basic setup...
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Shell: bash
Host: at.at
OS: Linux version 2.6.9-42.EL
User: at
User_config: /home/at/.bashrc
Foam_config: /home/at/.OpenFOAM-1.4.1/bashrc sourced correctly.
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Checking main FOAM env variables...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR /home/at/OpenFOAM yes yes
$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR /home/at/OpenFOAM/at-1.4.1 yes no
$FOAM_JOB_DIR /home/at/OpenFOAM/jobControl no yes
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Checking the FOAM env variables set on the PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_DIR /home/at/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1 yes yes yes

$FOAM_USER_APPBIN ...1.4.1/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt yes yes no
$FOAM_APPBIN ...1.4.1/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt yes yes yes
$WM_DIR /home/at/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1/wmake yes yes yes
$FOAMX_PATH ...ations/utilities/preProcessing/FoamX yes no yes
$CEI_HOME /usr/local/ensight/CEI no no

$JAVA_PATH /home/at/OpenFOAM/linux/j2sdk1.4.2_05 yes yes no
$MICO_ARCH_PATH .../mico-2.3.12/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt yes yes yes
$LAM_ARCH_PATH --------- env variable not set --------- yes
$MPICH_ARCH_PATH --------- env variable not set --------- no
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Checking the FOAM env variables set on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$FOAM_LIBBIN ...OAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1/lib/linuxGccDPOpt yes yes yes
$FOAM_USER_LIBBIN .../OpenFOAM/at-1.4.1/lib/linuxGccDPOpt yes yes no
$LAM_ARCH_PATH --------- env variable not set --------- yes
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Software versions
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Software Version Location
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gcc 4.2.1 /home/at/OpenFOAM/linux/gcc-4.2.1/bin/gcc
java 1.4.2_05 /home/at/OpenFOAM/linux/j2sdk1.4.2_05/bin/java
gzip 1.3.3 /bin/gzip
tar 1.3.3 /bin/tar
icoFoam .../OpenFOAM-1.4.1/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/icoFoam
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Checking file/directory permissions...
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File/directory Set Reqd Crit
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Checking networking...
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Action Result Crit
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Pinging_at.at Successful yes
Pinging_localHost Successful yes
Test_rsh: Unsuccessful_connection_refused* yes
Test_ssh: Successful yes
(*) Only one of rsh or ssh is required by the Foam enviroment.

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Base configuration ok.

Critical systems ok.

[vdb]

Hi !

It sounds like the problem I have except I use RHEL4 and you seem to be using RHEL5. Correct ?

See my post "FoamX and the infamous libssl.so.0.9.7 problem on RHEL4" maybe what I already tried is going to work for you.

VDB