[ericnutsch]

I have installed Salome on Linux and OpenCascade on windows. As far as I know the installations were successful. Both programs demonstrate a gui on their website and apear to be promising. I have yet to find anything more than a geometry viewer with-in the installs. Thoughts?

The question that never seems to get answered in opensource documentation is; Where is the on switch?

Thanks guys!

[Ahmed]

Originally Posted by ericnutsch

I have installed Salome on Linux and OpenCascade on windows. As far as I know the installations were successful. Both programs demonstrate a gui on their website and apear to be promising. I have yet to find anything more than a geometry viewer with-in the installs. Thoughts?

The question that never seems to get answered in opensource documentation is; Where is the on switch?

Thanks guys!

What do you mean by the "on switch" "hotwire" etc...
On my Debian partition, I use the following script, save it to your /home/eric/ give it a name of your choice, chmod +x TheNameOfTheFile, then call using the dot command,i.e,
./TheNameOfTheFile

here it is
#! /bin/bash
cd salome_5.1.2
source env_products.sh
cd SALOME_5.1.2
cd bin
cd salome
./runSalome

if you visit the Salome forum, you will find answers to your questions and a set of tutorials........
Good Luck

[ericnutsch]

Thanks for the reply Ahmed

I tried running the code you presented, but the SALOME_5.1.2 directory doesnt exist within salome_5.1.2. I deleted my old install, downloaded a fresh copy, and installed it. This time the install had an error in which libgfortran.so.1 failed to be installed. However, I was able to run the program once! Just before I clicked finish on the install it gave me the option to launch! Unfortuantly the libgfortran.so.1 issue prevented me from trying out anything other than the geometery.

I will have to fix that issue, but the current problem still stands; Where is the "exe"? I still dont know how to start it. I ran a locate for runSalome and found lots under kernal. I tried running every single one with no success. It shouldn't be an issue with my install because I a saw it run once.

Thoughts? Thanks again

[Ahmed]

the salome folder

[Ahmed]

The SALOME folder

[Ahmed]

The bin folder and finally the salome folder (and runSalome script)

[ericnutsch]

Ahmed, thanks for attaching print screens. I wish i could say that they helped. The directory does not exist.

Perhaps our installs are not the same. I am running Ubuntu 9.0.4. I downloaded the Debian 4.0 Etch 32bit version of Salome 5.1.2 from www.salome-platform.org

Do you think my install is to blame? Should I try installing a different version?


Thanks for your help

[ericnutsch]

Here is the output from a locate on runSalome:

eric@eric-desktop:~$ locate runSalome
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/CALCULATOR_5.1.2/bin/salome/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/CALCULATOR_SRC_5.1.2/bin/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/DOCUMENTATION_SRC_5.1.2/KERNEL/doc/salome/gui/KERNEL/namespacerunSalome.html
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/HELLO_5.1.2/bin/salome/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/HELLO_SRC_5.1.2/bin/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome.csh
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome.ksh
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome.pyc
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/bin/salome/runSalome.pyo
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_5.1.2/share/doc/salome/gui/KERNEL/namespacerunSalome.html
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_SRC_5.1.2/bin/runSalome
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_SRC_5.1.2/bin/runSalome.csh
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_SRC_5.1.2/bin/runSalome.ksh
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/KERNEL_SRC_5.1.2/bin/runSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/PYHELLO_5.1.2/bin/salome/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/PYHELLO_SRC_5.1.2/bin/myrunSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/YACS_5.1.2/bin/HXX2SALOME_Test/HXX2SALOME_GENERIC_CLASS_NAME_SRC/bin/runSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/YACS_SRC_5.1.2/src/wrappergen/bin/HXX2SALOME_GENERIC_CLASS_NAME_SRC/bin/runSalome.py
/home/eric/salome_5.1.2/YACS_SRC_5.1.2/src/wrappergen/src/HXX2SALOME_GENERIC_CLASS_NAME_SRC/bin/runSalome.py


I have attempted to run every single one with no luck.

[Ahmed]

No, it is the same file you downloaded,i.e.,InstallWizard_5.1.2_Debian_4.0,
I guess you did not check the box saying (Install all in the same directory), I do not think this is the reason, you see, you NEED to source the environmental variables before running the runSalome binary, so, do this, in the script I printed before, change the line that says cd SALOME_5.1.2 to
cd KERNEL_5.1.2
It should work



.........................................Open Source for ever.............................................. ....

[ericnutsch]

Your awesome Ahmed! Thanks!

Salome starts up just great.

For anyone else referenceing the forum; I used the code:

#! /bin/bash
cd salome_5.1.2
source env_products.sh
cd KERNEL_5.1.2
cd bin
cd salome
./runSalome

I put the code in a text file and saved.
Right clicked and set allow executing file as program under permissions.
Viola! One double click and Salome opens

Thanks Ahmed!

Now on to fix my installation...