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Old   February 8, 2007, 05:32
Default Hi, I am going to set up a
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Hi,

I am going to set up a new computer to play around with opencfd.

I would like to know which is the best linux distribution for this?

Which has precompiled rpms, for most easy installation ?
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Old   February 8, 2007, 05:39
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I am running RedHat EL4 at the university, Fedora Core 5 on the cluster and OpenSuse 10 (I know...Novell sucks) at home. OpenFoam is working OK on these systems, both running and compiling.

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Old   February 8, 2007, 06:18
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Just an addition: I tried it also on Debian Sarge and Slackware 10 without any problems.
In my oppinion, you may choose any linux distribution you like.

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Old   February 8, 2007, 08:01
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Does anyone have experience debugging in the OpenFOAM environment? I need to get down to solver level, to understand the framework as well as to maybe write my own kind of solver. Any tips on what tools to use etc.

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Old   February 8, 2007, 09:34
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I'd recommend OpenSUSE for various reasons:

- It's the original platform on which OpenFOAM is developed.

- It's easier to configure thanks to its integrated system tool (Yast), which is of great help especially for new users.

- It grants a two years long support cycle since the release date. So you don't have to worry about updates because you get them automatically.

I've no experience with debian and slackware, but I had some problems working with OpenFOAM on Fedora.

If you choose OpenSuSE 10.2, don't install the gcc compiler provided with OpenFOAM and just recompile OpenFOAM by running ./Allwmake in the OpenFOAM main directory. This is necessary because OpenSuSE 10.2 comes with a newer release of the compiler, which conflicts with the one provided with OpenFOAM.

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Old   February 11, 2007, 19:07
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so i did choose opensuse 10.2 , did ./Allwmake and the installation run through. (I took the native Suese 10.2 gcc, as alberto suggested)

If i try to start FoamX i got the following error message:

Can one point me what to do ?

Exec : FoamXHostBrowser
Date : Feb 11 2007
Time : 19:46:52
Host : linux-7wbn
PID : 22020
Root :
Case :
Nprocs : 1
HostBrowser running.....
Using jar /home/lucian/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.3/applications/utilities/preProcessing/FoamX/li b/FoamX.jar
Using jar /home/lucian/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.3/applications/utilities/preProcessing/FoamX/li b/jlfgr-1_0.jar
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
/home/lucian/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.3/bin/runFoamXHB: line 131: 22020 Killed FoamXHostBrowser -ORBNamingAddr $myIOP
runFoamXHB : cleanup
runFoamXHB: Killing name server nsd(pid 22014).
/home/lucian/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.3/bin/runFoamXHB: line 66: 22014 Killed nsd -ORBIIOPAddr $myIOP --ior $FOAMX_CONFIG/ns.ref </dev/null
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Old   February 12, 2007, 04:18
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Hello Andreas,
I've no problem running FoamX on opensuse 10.2 (32 bit).

Are you using the java version provided with OF?

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Old   February 12, 2007, 04:30
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First I did not have the java correct installed, but than FoamX complained about that. Than I did unpack the java version from OpenFOAM in the linux subfolder and made /Allwmake again. Than the error message changed, so I guess it finds java now.

I use Suse 10.2 AMD 32bit. I downloaded OpenFOAM AMD64 - but it think it is for 32-bit too !?

Is it correct to just unpack the java in the subfolder?
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Old   February 12, 2007, 05:41
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Yes, it is correct to unpack Java in that folder. But if you're running opensuse 32 bit, use OpenFOAM at 32 bit: http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/linux.html

The one you downloaded is for 64 bit systems and also java and paraview are compiled for AMD 64 bit platforms.

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Old   February 12, 2007, 15:11
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after installing the 32 bit java version i could start foamX

thank u very much.

i was confused, since the former versions have been separated in pentium, and amd, so i thought amd64 would work for both, 32 and 64 bit.

could u install salome on suse 10.2 ? i seem to have problems mit omniORB too.
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