compiling firefoam
 

Hi,
I tried to compile different versions of firefoam but the following error is common in all versions:
[farshad@farshad source]$ ./Allwclean
+ wclean libso diffusionCombustionThermophysicalModels
wclean diffusionCombustionThermophysicalModels
+ wclean libso fvPatchFields
wclean fvPatchFields
+ wclean
[farshad@farshad source]$ ./Allwmake
+ wmake libso diffusionCombustionThermophysicalModels
wmakeLnInclude: linking include files to ./lnInclude
Making dependency list for source file hCombustionThermo/hCombustionThermos.C
SOURCE=hCombustionThermo/hCombustionThermos.C ; g++ -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/hCombustionThermos.o
'/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt/libdiffusionCombustionThermophysicalModels.so' is up to date.
+ wmake libso fvPatchFields
wmakeLnInclude: linking include files to ./lnInclude
Making dependency list for source file totalFlowRateAdvectiveDiffusiveFvPatchScalarField/totalFlowRateAdvectiveDiffusiveFvPatchScalarField. C
SOURCE=totalFlowRateAdvectiveDiffusiveFvPatchScala rField/totalFlowRateAdvectiveDiffusiveFvPatchScalarField. C ; g++ -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/compressible/turbulenceModel -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/triSurface/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/meshTools/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/LESdeltas/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/LESfilters/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/compressible/LES/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/totalFlowRateAdvectiveDiffusiveFvPatchScalarField. o
'/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt/libpatchFields.so' is up to date.
+ wmake
Making dependency list for source file fireFoam.C
SOURCE=fireFoam.C ; g++ -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -I./include -I./fvPatchFields -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/meshTools/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/compressible/LES/LESModel -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/LESModel -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/LESdeltas/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/fireFoam.o
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/readPISOControls.H: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/readPISOControls.H:8: warning: unused variable ‘momentumPredictor’
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/readPISOControls.H:11: warning: unused variable ‘transonic’
createFields.H:38: warning: unused variable ‘fu’
createFields.H:39: warning: unused variable ‘ox’
createFields.H:40: warning: unused variable ‘pr’
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/readTimeControls.H:39: warning: unused variable ‘maxCo’
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/readTimeControls.H:42: warning: unused variable ‘maxDeltaT’
g++ -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -I./include -I./fvPatchFields -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/meshTools/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/compressible/LES/LESModel -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/LESModel -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/turbulenceModels/LES/LESdeltas/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC Make/linux64GccDPOpt/fireFoam.o -L/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt \
-lfiniteVolume -lmeshTools -lbasicThermophysicalModels -lreactionThermophysicalModels -L/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt -ldiffusionCombustionThermophysicalModels -lspecie -lcompressibleLESModels -lradiation -L/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt -lpatchFields -lOpenFOAM -liberty -ldl -lm -o /home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/applications/bin/linux64GccDPOpt/fireFoam
/usr/bin/ld: Make/linux64GccDPOpt/fireFoam.o: undefined reference to symbol 'Foam::OPstream::write(Foam::Pstream::commsTypes, int, char const*, long)'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'Foam::OPstream::write(Foam::Pstream::commsTypes, int, char const*, long)' is defined in DSO /home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt/openmpi-1.4.1/libPstream.so so try adding it to the linker command line
/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt/openmpi-1.4.1/libPstream.so: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/home/farshad/OpenFOAM/farshad-1.7.0/applications/bin/linux64GccDPOpt/fireFoam] Error 1
[farshad@farshad source]$
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please help me understand the reason why this error occured.
Thanks

problem solved
 

Hi,
I just needed to remove // infront of settimes library.
It works fine now.

Hi,
I got the similar problem when compiling the fireFOAM solver into OpenFOAM 1.7.1 . I am new to this code. Can u say something more about this solution, what does 'remove // infront of settimes library' mean. Thanks so much.

Greetings wchao.csu and welcome to the forum!

Here are a few questions:

1. Can you be more specific with the problem you're having? What is/are the exact error message(s)?
2. Are you trying to use the fireFoam version that is already present in OpenFOAM 1.7.1 or are you trying to build a version that comes from another place?
3. Have you managed to build OpenFOAM 1.7.1 successfully or did you use a Deb or RPM installation package?
4. What Linux Distribution are you using?

Best regards,
Bruno

Thanks for your warmly reply .
1.The detailed error message is shown below.
..........................................
+ wmake libso thermophysicalModels/radiation/derivedFvPatchFields/greyDiffusiveRadiation
wmakeLnInclude: linking include files to ./lnInclude
Making dependency list for source file greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.C
SOURCE=greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarFie ld.C ; g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -I/opt/openfoam171/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/meshTools/lnInclude -I../../../../../../libs/thermophysicalModels/basicSolidThermo/basicSolid/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/opt/openfoam171/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.o
greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.C: In member function ‘virtual void Foam::radiation::greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatc hScalarField::updateCoeffs()’:
greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.C:34 3: error: ‘class Foam::radiation::radiativeIntensityRay’ has no member named ‘Qem’
greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.C:35 6: error: ‘class Foam::radiation::radiativeIntensityRay’ has no member named ‘Qin’
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/greyDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.o] error 1
.................................................. ..................
SOURCE=cyclicPolyPatch.C ; g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3 -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -IextrudeModel17x/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/meshTools/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/dynamicMesh/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/opt/openfoam171/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam171/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/cyclicPolyPatch.o
cyclicPolyPatch.C: In member function ‘void Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::calcTransforms()’:
cyclicPolyPatch.C:239: error: no matching function for call to ‘Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::calcTransformTensors(Foam: :pointField, Foam::pointField, Foam::vectorField, Foam::vectorField, Foam::scalarField, double, Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::transformType)’
/opt/openfoam171/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/coupledPolyPatch.H:81: note: candidates are: void Foam::coupledPolyPatch::calcTransformTensors(const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::scalarField&, Foam::scalar) const
cyclicPolyPatch.C:256: error: no matching function for call to ‘Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::calcTransformTensors(Foam: :pointField&, Foam::pointField&, Foam::vectorField&, Foam::vectorField&, Foam::scalarField&, Foam::scalar&, Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::transformType&)’
/opt/openfoam171/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/coupledPolyPatch.H:81: note: candidates are: void Foam::coupledPolyPatch::calcTransformTensors(const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::vectorField&, const Foam::scalarField&, Foam::scalar) const
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/cyclicPolyPatch.o] error 1

2.The fireFoam solver already presented in OpenFOAM 1.7.1 works well but I need the latest version of fireFoam. So I downloaded the new one from http://code.google.com/p/firefoam-dev/downloads/list. The problem appears when compiling the new solver.
3.Yes, I managed to build OpenFOAM 1.7.1 successfully and I already tested the example cases. I used Ubuntu/Debian Pack.
4.Ubuntu 10.10

Thanks again

Also there are a lot of warnings like posted below. Does it have something to do with the error?

lex.yy.cc:35926: warning: use of old-style cast
lex.yy.cc:35926: warning: use of old-style cast
lex.yy.cc:35942: warning: use of old-style cast
lex.yy.cc:37355: warning: use of old-style cast

Hi wchao.csu,

Well, 1.7.1 isn't enough. They seem to have developed that version of fireFoam for the latest 1.7.x. You'll have to follow the installation instructions for 1.7.x: http://www.openfoam.org/archive/1.7.1/download/git.php

As for having more than OpenFOAM version installed in your machine: Advanced tips for working with the OpenFOAM shell environment

Best regards,
Bruno

Thanks for your tips I will try it. I thought 1.7.x means both 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 are fine before.

Thanks for your reply.

I followed the instructions and spent whole night on 1.7.x installation. I came across some errors. I searched forum and solved most of them but there were still some remained. So can you help with it?
here is the detail log.

+ wmake libso meshTools
triSurfaceSearch.o: file not recognized: File truncated
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/home/wchao/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.x/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libmeshTools.so] error 1
.............
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbasicThermophysicalModels
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcompressibleTurbulenceModel
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcompressibleRASModels
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcompressibleLESModels
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmeshTools
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfiniteVolume
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [/home/wchao/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.x/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/chtMultiRegionFoam] error 1
..........................

And similar problems like " /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l......" repeated a lot..

Thank you so much.

Is it possible that something wrong within the $home/.bashrc file?
the end of this file is ". $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.x/etc/bashrc" now.

Hi wchao.csu,

OK, the problem is this:
Go into the folder "OpenFOAM-1.7.x/src/meshTools/linuxming*/" and remove the file "triSurfaceSearch.o". Then run Allwmake again.
This happens once in a while due to either lack of space on disk, or Ctrl-C at the wrong time, or compiler crash and so on...

As for the other list of missing libraries (references to missing "-l*"), that's normal, since there is a large dependency tree in OpenFOAM. This is why the first error is usually the one to blame for everything else.

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

Really thanks for your help in installing OpenFOAM 1.7.x, I finally made it and tested the tutorials. it worked prefectly. It's really a tough job. But here I came across another problem, paraview. Paraview3.8.0 only can be installed well with Qt 4.6(learned from other threads). I already upgrade Qt to 4.7. So can u help me with how to downgrade it back to 4.6.3.

Thanks so much. I love this forum.

Hi wchao.csu,

Well, there are at least two ways to solve your problem and they are listed here: Related issues to ParaView with OpenFOAM - Fixes and solutions

Basically, you have two options:

1. Either you build a custom Qt version.
2. Or you use the latest pre-built ParaView made available at http://www.paraview.org

Either one of these solutions are shown on the link above ;)

Best regards,
Bruno

Hello guys,

I am having several problems to compile fireFoam 1.7.x_0.4. I am using the following configuration:

1) Ubuntu 11.10
2) Gcc 4.5.3
3) Openfoam 1.7.x, as recommended by the developers.

Openfoam compilation apparently worked fine, but when I try to wmake the solver it asks for files that I don't have in my 1.7.x version.

Has anyone experienced the same problem? How can I overcome it?

Thanks in advance.

Greetings Yuri Almeida and welcome to the forum!

It took me a while to try and replicate the issue you're getting. My conclusion is that in fact the installation of OpenFOAM 1.7.x did not go as well as you expected.

Did you try checking if this file exists :confused::
If it doesn't, then you simply didn't build OpenFOAM 1.7.x ;)

What instructions did you follow for installing OpenFOAM 1.7.x?

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

In fact, the compilation of my OF17x did not work fine. Or at least, the files hashedWordList.H, UPstream.H, and many others required by the solver are not present in the source directory.

In order to build OF, I follow the instructions shown in http://www.openfoam.org/download/git.php for 2.1.x.

Maybe some package is missed, but I have the 1.6-ext compiled, so I thought that my currents packages would be sufficient. I try to make again the OF17x, using gcc 4.4.6 this time, and "few errors" are still occurring, as can be seen in the annex. Any suggestion?

By the way, the solver (fireFoam) asks some files that sounds a little bit weird to me, like the fvPatchFieldNew.C (present in 2.1 version). Curiously my OF17x has the newFvPatchField.C...

Thanks for your attention, Bruno!

Hi Yuri,

I think you're missing this patch: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...3e8d0e85b889d9
This was added in 2.0.x because Ubuntu had switched to a new object linker, so even if you're using Gcc 4.4.6, you still need this patch on 1.7.x as well.

As for the other error you mentioned, I'm not very familiar with this fireFoam modification. All I know is that I once managed to build it without any problems some time ago with my build of 1.7.x, but yesterday one of the solvers in this new external fireFoam had issues, but I didn't bother checking what was the problem :p

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

Apparently these corrections didn't work, could you take a look at my new log file?

Thanks again!

Hi Yuri,

Mmm, this is very strange... which commit do you have for 1.7.x:
Best regards,
Bruno

That's the output, Bruno:

I suppose that this is the newest version of 1.7.x.

OK, I had built mine with Gcc 4.6, so I apparently also had even more issues than your build has.

I've switched to Gcc 4.4.6 as well on my Ubuntu 11.10. For that, I've modified OpenFOAM's "etc/bash" to have these settings:
Additionally, I messed up on the previous diff. The proper lines for "wmake/rules/linux64Gcc/c++" and "wmake/rules/linuxGcc/c++" are:
It's going to take a while to rebuild 1.7.x from scratch. I'll make another post when I have news, although I'm not sure if it will be in the next hour...

:mad: If I hadn't inspected the "make.log" sooner, it would have been a wasted hour... here's the necessary patch, which without the settings from bashrc won't propagate to wmake (swap "linux64Gcc" to "linuxGcc" for 32bit):
I've made a clean up by running:
Yuri, in case you don't know, you can build with multi-core by running this command before Allwmake:
This is for 4 cores, i.e. 4 parallel threads for building OpenFOAM.

Hi Yuri,

OK, I've finished confirming this. With the info from the last 2 posts, you should succeed in building everything.

Keep in mind:

1. I've tested things with 64bit, but left instructions on what's different for the 32bit build.
2. And later on don't forget to run Allwclean first in the "fireFoam.1.7.x_0.4" folder.

Best regards,
Bruno

That is a great news, Bruno! I'm trying to compiling the OF also, utilizing yours implementations, I rope that this time it will work.

I will post the results here soon.

Hi Bruno,

I really want to thank you so much for your support! The OF17x compilation worked. In addition to your corrections, I changed the variable WM_ARCH_OPTION, which was set by default 64, but my Ubuntu is 32 bits. Could be this one of the reasons for the previous failures?

After this, I finally compiled successfully the fireFoam.1.7.x_0.4! So, the big deal was really the OF17x compilation.

Thanks again for your help!

Hii
 

Hi,

I am getting error while compiling the OF 1.7.x.

I have followed till the previous step but unable to understand comment #22 .

Which files i have to swap as i am using ubuntu 32bit
If possible can you change in the git repository

It will be of great help ...

Thank You

Regards,
Trinath Rao

Greetings Trinath Rao,
It's simple ;): in comment #22, whenever you find the text "linux64Gcc" in the instructions, change it to "linuxGcc".

If I'm not mistaken, this is what it should be like for "linuxGcc":
Best regards,
Bruno

Compiled !!
 

Hi Bruno,

Thank you for replying my query.

I build openfoam 1.7.x successfully. and started working perfectly.

Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year 2013 !!!

Thanks a lot...!!

Regards,
Trinath Rao :):)