Problem with paraFoam installation
 

Hi All,

I followed the instructions given in the site http://www.openfoam.com/download/source.php
to install OF 1.7 and paraFoam 3.8

when I did
<li class="itemize">cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR <li class="itemize">./Allclean
I had problems related to gmake and it was fixed by creating a symbolic link
$sudo ln -s /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake
and now I did ./Allclean and the final few lines are pasted here
Done make
Installing ParaView to /opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0/platforms/linuxGcc/paraview-3.8.0
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
---
Installation complete for paraview-3.8.0
Set environment variables:

export ParaView_DIR=/opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0/platforms/linuxGcc/paraview-3.8.0
export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-3.8
---

Done

Now when run any solver and open paraFoam I get the following error message
created temporary 'bubbleColumn.OpenFOAM'
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/bin/paraFoam: 135: paraview: not found

and when I do which paraFoam
output points to
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/bin/paraFoam

I am not able to fix this error.
Looking forward to seek help from you.

Regards
Raghu

Usually the directory /opt and whatever is inside can be modified only as a root user. What you did seems to be that you tried installing Paraview in /opt being the normal user rather than root, Before running makeParaView become root by using "su" or "sudo" (depending on which Linux you use).
Your system thinks ParaView is installed because a path has been exported, but that path is surely empty.

Hi Thanks for your reply..

I am the super user of the computer and I am using Ubuntu 10.04

I did sudo ./makeParaFoam
and I got the following
./makeParaView: 40: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Error: Current directory is not $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.

When I did pwd output is
/opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0
and when I did echo $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
it points to
/opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0

both being the same!

Is there any other issues related to Thirdparty PATH settings ?

Regards
Raghu

Greetings Raghu,
There are two possibilities for this to have happened:

1. for some reason wmakeCheckPwd isn't executable. Try running:
   Code:

   ---

   which wmakeCheckPwd

   ---

   If it doesn't find anything, then try checking if /opt/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/wmake/wmakeCheckPwd is executable.
2. I've got a feeling that you only set the variable WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR by hand. You should, while in super user/root mode, source OpenFOAM's bashrc file, like so:
   Code:

   ---

   . /opt/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/etc/bashrc

   ---

   Notice the dot and space before /opt!
   Then, without leaving the super user mode, you can try running ./makeParaView in the folder /opt/ThirdParty-1.7.0.

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,
after executing which wmakeCheckPwd it points to the following directory
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/wmake/wmakeCheckPwd

Here is the part of my ~/.bashrc file

#OpenFOAM-1.7 path
. /opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/etc/bashrc
export FOAM_USER_APP="$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR/applications"
export FOAM_USER_SOL="$FOAM_USER_APP/solvers"
export FOAM_USER_SRC="$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR/src"
#paraFoam 3.8 path begin
export ParaView_DIR=/opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0/platforms/linuxGcc/paraview-3.8.
export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-3.8
#paraFoam path ends
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
export INCLUDE_PATH="$INCLUDE_PATH:/usr/include:/usr/include/c++/4.2/backward/"

Is there any changes to be made in the .bashrc file for the paraFoam path?

After these changes in the .bashrc file running ./makeParaView gives the same error message as described in my previous post. :(

Hi Raghu,

You don't need to add these lines into ~/.bashrc:
They are added automatically by OpenFOAM's bashrc, by sourcing the script etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc.

OK, now we need to make sure of one thing: when you say "~/.bashrc", is it "/root/.bashrc"?
The thing is this: you are trying to install OpenFOAM in /opt, which usually requires that you do all building steps in root mode. And by simply saying "~/.bashrc", it feels that you are doing half of the job in root, and the other half in normal user.

So, after you've removed those lines for ParaView, that I wrote at the start of this post, and after starting a new terminal in root mode, run this:If it echoes the same path you had before, than the environment should be properly defined!


Now, going back to your first post: it seems that makeParaView has worked once before, but it failed to build ParaView, probably due to some missing packages. So, next you run makeParaView, do it like this:This will output all of the messages into the file buildPV.log. Check what it says after makeParaView is finished, and if it still indicates that it failed to build, then compress it and post it here!Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno

Sorry past few days I was bit away from OpenFOAM.
This weekend I got some time to explore

as you said I removed those lines in the ~/.bashrc file (i.e. /home/.bashrc).


I have attached the log file (buildPV.tar.gz) here.
Pls go through when you are free


Awaiting to ear from you.

Regards
Raghu

Hi Raghu,
My focus seems to be have been a bit off that day... I should have pointed you to the following post: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...tml#post268828 - starting from post #4
There you will find what packages you need to install in Ubuntu 10.04.

Basically, from the log you posted, you are missing the Qt4 development artillery and the GLU tools. So, as I said, in that post you will find the command that will install all of the necessary packages!

Good luck!
Bruno

Solved !
 

Hi Bruno!

Thanks for your suggestions.
Installing the missing packages I was able to sovle the problem.

Thank you very much

Regards
Raghu