Problem with sourcing environmental variables

nickninevah · May 23, 2009, 19:13

Hi all,

Someone please come to my rescue. I'm trying to install OpenFOAM, but for some reason, the environmental variables are not recognized. I'm using SUSE 11.1 I downloaded the latest version of OpenFOAM from git. And I added the following lines to my .bashrc file:

Code:

#source for environmental variables of openFOAM
$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

I then sourced the edited .bashrc file. But when I check to see if any of the variables are there, nothing shows up. See the following code as an example. (I included the $HOME variable to prove that it does work in a general sense.)

Code:

nicholas@linux-jgui:~> source .bashrc
nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $HOME
/home/nicholas
nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $FOAM_INST_DIR

nicholas@linux-jgui:~>

Which you can guess that since this doesn't work, nothing else works either. Any help on this, please. And I'm a bright fresh linux user. So please feel free to explain everything simply and in complete detail. Thanks again for all the help.

gwierink · May 24, 2009, 03:22

Hi Nicholas,

There is a dot missing in your sourcíng line in bashrc. Now it is

Code:

$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

and it should be

Code:

 . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

Note the ".".

Regards,

Gijsbert

nickninevah · May 25, 2009, 12:15

Thanks for that. It's always the little things that are hard to find.

May 23, 2009, 19:13	Problem with sourcing environmental variables	#1
nickninevah New Member Nicholas Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 16	Hi all, Someone please come to my rescue. I'm trying to install OpenFOAM, but for some reason, the environmental variables are not recognized. I'm using SUSE 11.1 I downloaded the latest version of OpenFOAM from git. And I added the following lines to my .bashrc file: Code: #source for environmental variables of openFOAM $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc I then sourced the edited .bashrc file. But when I check to see if any of the variables are there, nothing shows up. See the following code as an example. (I included the $HOME variable to prove that it does work in a general sense.) Code: nicholas@linux-jgui:~> source .bashrc nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $HOME /home/nicholas nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $FOAM_INST_DIR nicholas@linux-jgui:~> Which you can guess that since this doesn't work, nothing else works either. Any help on this, please. And I'm a bright fresh linux user. So please feel free to explain everything simply and in complete detail. Thanks again for all the help.

May 24, 2009, 03:22		#2
gwierink Senior Member Gijsbert Wierink Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 383 Rep Power: 18	Hi Nicholas, There is a dot missing in your sourcíng line in bashrc. Now it is Code: $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc and it should be Code: . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc Note the ".". Regards, Gijsbert

May 25, 2009, 12:15	Thanks	#3
nickninevah New Member Nicholas Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 16	Thanks for that. It's always the little things that are hard to find.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ATTN ALL: SOLUTON TO UDF COMPILE PROBLEM	Rizwan	Fluent UDF and Scheme Programming	40	March 18, 2018 06:05
ADDITIONAL VARIABLES LIMITERS	N.P	CFX	5	December 1, 2011 07:47
Adiabatic and Rotating wall (Convection problem)	ParodDav	CFX	5	April 29, 2007 19:13
Problem in Tutorial problem of fluent	Phanindra	FLUENT	5	April 17, 2007 09:57
problem with using colocated code	Jack	Main CFD Forum	0	December 15, 2002 00:15