Building OpenFOAM 2.0.1 on old Linux OSes - test case Ubuntu 8.04

Posted October 17, 2011 at 17:49 by wyldckat
Updated February 8, 2012 at 16:41 by wyldckat

This blog post will try to detail and complement the OpenFOAM 2.0.1 building process on old machines, where my test case was with two Ubuntu 8.04 - one i686 and one x86_64 - in two separate virtual machines with 1.6GiB of RAM and 4 processors each.

This post will detail a lot more information than the official instructions, specially because the official instructions are meant for Linux OSes that are modern'ish, such as Ubuntu 10.04 and above.

NOTE: 2011-02-08 - finally managed to figure out what was wrong... and to boot, the the issue was already fixed back in September 2011: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/ThirdPar...c22adcab144d5e - this fixes the issue that existed with x86_64 machines!

Install all of the necessary system packages:
- Ubuntu 8.04:
  Code:
```
sudo apt-get install binutils-dev flex bison git-core build-essential python-dev libreadline5-dev wget zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libxt-dev libxi-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libglib2.0-dev freeglut3-dev texinfo
```
  If using Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64, also install:
  Code:
```
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib
```
- For any other Linux systems, you'll need:
  - gcc and g++.
  - binutils and necessary headers and library interfaces.
  - flex - if < 2.5.35, one will be talked about later on.
  - Python and respective headers/library interfaces;
  - readline library and headers.
  - wget.
  - libz or zlib.
  - libpng.
  - Some X libraries that Qt and ParaView will demand later on.
  - makeinfo.
  - GLib headers and library interfaces.
  - OpenGL tools, headers and library interfaces - usually provided with your graphics card drivers, but also additional tools seem to be available for OpenGL.
Create the base "OpenFOAM" folder in your own home folder:
Code:
```
cd $HOME
mkdir OpenFOAM
cd OpenFOAM
```

Download OpenFOAM 2.0.1 files, available here: http://openfoam.com/download/source.php

Code:

wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.0.1.gtgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.0.1.gtgz
wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz

Unpack files:

Code:

tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.0.1.gtgz
tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz

Add a new alias to your home ".bashrc" file and refresh your shell environment (start a new terminal window/tab if necessary):
- If your Linux installation is "i?86":
  Code:
```
echo alias of201=\'source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.0.1/etc/bashrc foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc45 WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_ARCH_OPTION=32\' >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc
```
  The 4 is the number of processor cores/threads your machine has.
- If your Linux installation is "x86_64":
  Code:
```
echo alias of201=\'source  $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.0.1/etc/bashrc foamCompiler=ThirdParty  WM_COMPILER=Gcc45 WM_NCOMPPROCS=4\' >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc
```
  The 4 is the number of processor cores/threads your machine has.
- If you don't know what installation you have, run:
  Code:
```
uname -m
```

Start your new alias command by running:

Code:

of201

It should show you something like this:

Code:

Warning in /home/user/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.0.1/etc/config/settings.sh:
    Cannot find /home/user/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.1/platforms/linux64/gcc-4.5.2 installation.
    Please install this compiler version or if you wish to use the system compiler,
    change the 'foamCompiler' setting to 'system'

Now let us go to the ThirdParty folder and get a couple of important scripts:

Code:

foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=102&type=bug" -O getGcc
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=142&type=bug" -O getQt
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=143&type=bug" -O getCmake
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/makeBinutils"
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/getBinutils"
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/makeMake"
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/getMake"
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/makeFlex"
wget "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/getFlex"
rm makeCmake
wget "https://raw.github.com/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/master/makeCmake"
chmod +x get* make*

Lets get Gcc and respective dependencies:
Code:
```
./getGcc gcc-4.5.2
```
Now lets build Gcc:
Code:
```
./makeGcc gcc-4.5.2 > mkgcc.log 2>&1
```
This will take a while...

Now lets get and build Make:

Code:

./getMake
./makeMake gcc-4.5.2 > mkmake.log 2>&1

Refresh the shell environment:
Code:
```
of201
```
If it still gives you the same error message from #6, then something went wrong

Now lets get and build Binutils:

Code:

./getBinutils
./makeBinutils gcc-4.5.2 > mkbinutils.log 2>&1

Now Qt:

Code:

sed -i -e 's=4\.7\.3=4.6.4=' getQt
./getQt
./makeQt 4.6.4 > mkqt.log 2>&1

Refresh the shell environment:
Code:
```
of201
```

Now CMake:

Code:

./getCmake
./makeCmake > mkcmake.log 2>&1

Refresh the shell environment once again:
Code:
```
of201
```

Now ParaView:

Code:

./makeParaView -qmake  ${WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/qt-4.6.4/bin/qmake > mkPV.log 2>&1

Now some minor hacking:

Code:

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/qt-4.6.4/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/bashrc
echo 'export PATH=${WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/qt-4.6.4/bin:$PATH'  >> $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/bashrc

Refresh the shell environment:
Code:
```
of201
```
Just in case, lets get and build the latest flex as well:
Code:
```
./getFlex
./makeFlex gcc-4.5.2 > mkflex.log 2>&1
```
Refresh the shell environment:
Code:
```
of201
```
And now, lets go to the final stage - build OpenFOAM:
Code:
```
foam
./Allwmake > mkof.log 2>&1
```
It can take about 30min to 8h00, depending on the machine you are using.
When it's done, try checking if the bare minimum is working:
Code:
```
icoFoam -help
```
If it's OK, start reading here: http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/

If there are any problems during each stage, the files "mk*.log" and "make.log" will have the necessary details for figuring out what went wrong.

Good luck!
___________________________________
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Building ParaView 3.10.1 with custom Qt 4.6.4

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	thanks a lot bruno
	Posted October 23, 2011 at 13:10 by ilene2011

Hi Bruno,

I have followed above steps to build OpenFOAm 2.0.1 on SLES 10 SP1 x86_64.

Everything went well till step 14. There was an error in buliding cmake-2.8.3 (How can I attch the mkcmake.log file??). However, I went ahead and followed next steps till end. Now all solvers are running well.

But when I try to compile my own solver,

code: wmake plusPostRANS.C

following error message comes.

make: Nothing to be done for `plusPostRANS.C'.

Can you help me in this?

Thanks
Hrushikesh

Posted February 8, 2012 at 03:19 by Hrushi Hrushi is offline

Hi Hrushikesh,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hrushi

I have followed above steps to build OpenFOAm 2.0.1 on SLES 10 SP1 x86_64.

Everything went well till step 14. There was an error in buliding cmake-2.8.3 (How can I attch the mkcmake.log file??).

Create a new thread here: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/ - and attach your log file.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hrushi

But when I try to compile my own solver,

code: wmake plusPostRANS.C

following error message comes.

make: Nothing to be done for `plusPostRANS.C'.

Simply run:

Code:

wmake

That file is mentioned inside the file "Make/files".

My go-to tutorial for learning more about changing and compiling solvers is this one: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho...ure_to_icoFoam

edit: thread and respective solution: Building OpenFOAM 2.0.1 on SLES 10 SP1 x86_64

Best regards,
Bruno

Posted February 8, 2012 at 03:51 by wyldckat wyldckat is offline

Updated February 8, 2012 at 16:45 by wyldckat (see "edit:")

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