Hi sukye,

I ended up having to install CentOS 5.8 in a virtual machine and advise the following hacks:

• Like you wrote, add the line in bold to the "bin/paraFoam" script:
  Code:

  ---

      -builtin)
        extension=foam
        requirePV=0
        shift
        ;;

  ---

• Edit the file "~/.bashrc" and remove or comment the line that has the alias for paraview.
  • If you want to, you can replace that "alias paraview" line with this one:
    Code:

    ---

    alias paraFoam='paraFoam -builtin'

    ---

    And run this command on the terminal:
    Code:

    ---

    source ~/.bashrc

    ---

• Then run the following commands on the terminal:
  
  Code:

  ---

  OF21
foam3rdParty
cd platforms/linux64Gcc
ln -s $HOME/centFOAM/paraview-3.10.1 paraview-3.12.0
OF21

  ---

  This way you get a direct symbolic link to the ParaView version that was installed.

You should now be ready to use paraFoam at your hearts desire :)

edit: this post assumed that the reader knew that the following command was executed:which was executed back in post #19.

Best regards,
Bruno

Yes, it works! Thank you so much Bruno for your time!

Hi wyldckat,
Thanks a lot for your comments. I ran the command as your advice, and solved the problem which states by susij in #1. But i still wander why "add the following line to the file "~/.bashrc"............." can solve the problem. Could you give some explanation about it ? Thanks!

Greetings kobe,

:confused: Because some strange error makes the file "/opt/openfoam210/etc/config/paraview.sh" not work as intended, which is where that environment variable "PV_PLUGIN_PATH" is originally exported.

But this problem doesn't happen with me, so I can't diagnose the real problem without more information. All I could do was to provide a solution for the symptom.

Best regards,
Bruno

It is so kind of you Bruno. Thank you very much!

Good advice
 

Thanks a lot for you help. I followed your instructions and paraFoam in working ok.

Same error message
 

Hi everyone,

I have ubuntu 13.10. I decided to downgrade my OpenFoam version to 2.1.1 and removed the old version. After installing OpenFoam and ThirdParty (Source Pack Installation), when I run paraFoam, I get the following message.

FATAL ERROR: ParaView reader module libraries do not exist

Please build the reader module before continuing:
cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers
./Allwclean
./Allwmake

I followed the instruction on post #8

seif@seif-ThinkStation-E31:~$ echo $PV_PLUGIN_PATH
/home/seif/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/paraview-3.12

seif@seif-ThinkStation-E31:~$ ls -l OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/paraview-3.12
ls: cannot access OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/paraview-3.12: No such file or directory

Does anyone have an idea of how to solve this?

Best,
Seif

Greetings Seif,

That means that ParaView has not been built yet. You can follow the instructions from step number #9 from this page: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...u#Ubuntu_12.10

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

Thanks for your help! That solved the problem.
Have a great weekend!

Best,
Seif

FATAL ERROR: ParaView reader module libraries do not exis
 

Hi Bruno,
I am trying to install paraview-4.1 but faced an error as follows ...
FATAL ERROR: ParaView reader module libraries do not exist

Please build the reader module before continuing:
cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV4Readers
./Allwclean
./Allwmake

I tried with your post post as i was facing the same problem.
But the output obtained was

sml5kor@BMH301562:~$ ls -l /home/sml5kor/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/paraview-4.1
ls: cannot access /home/sml5kor/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/paraview-4.1: No such file or directory

What i can do to rid off this problem ?
Can you help me ?

Hi Sam,

What happens if you run these commands?
Best regards,
Bruno

Snapshot
 

Hi,

Please find the error in the snapshot .
Once paraview 4.1.0 is installed i found some lines at the end of it . Those are ....

-- Installing: /home/sml5kor/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.3.0/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-4.1.0/bin/paraview
Copying missing files to install folder
cp: cannot stat `/home/sml5kor/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.3.0/ParaView-4.1.0/ParaViewUse.cmake': No such file or directory
---
Installation complete for paraview-4.1.0
Set environment variables:

export ParaView_DIR=/home/sml5kor/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.3.0/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-4.1.0
export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-4.1
---

Done

It looks like you're following the instructions that were meant for OpenFOAM 2.1.1, but with OpenFOAM 2.3.0. Unfortunately, they are not compatible.

But there are already instructions available for OpenFOAM 2.3.0: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...M-2.3.0/Ubuntu

Hi my organization net work is blocking me to get Cmake of higher verstion than CMake 2.8.7...

Any other ways to get it done ?

Error message is here

[sml5kor@BMH301562:~/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.3.0$ wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/scripts4OpenFOAM3rdParty/master/getCmake"
--2014-03-04 16:11:03-- https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/scri...aster/getCmake
Resolving raw.github.com (raw.github.com)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `raw.github.com']

Instead of running:
Use these commands instead:

This I have to execute at

sml5kor@BMH301562:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers$

or Need to do it at Home ?

I got the same error i.e

[sml5kor@BMH301562:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers$ wget http://cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz -O download/cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz
--2014-03-04 16:21:51-- http://cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz
Resolving cmake.org (cmake.org)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `cmake.org'
]

Check post #35 once again, regarding the folder where to execute. I had forgotten to add an important command.

If the command wget does not work, then download the file manually, using your internet browser. The download link is this one: http://cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz

Reinstallation
 

I am reinstalling OpenFOAM 2.3.0
When i run
I got the following error ...
How to fix it..