[PyFoam] Problems with the new PyFoam release

zfaraday · December 4, 2014, 12:38

Hello,

I saw some days ago that a new version of PyFoam was released. I used to have version 0.6.2 but I wanted to try one of its new features so I updated my PyFoam directory by typing on the terminal svn up. The update process seemed to work well. After that I typed sudo python setup.py install to install it again with the new features. I don't know if this is the correct procedure or if I missed some step...

The point is that all the utilities that have been updated or added during the process don't work, but the ones that haven't been modified work normally.

This is the message that shows the terminal when I execute one of the new/updated utilities (pyFoamPrepareCase):

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamPrepareCase.py", line 3, in <module>
    from PyFoam.Applications.PrepareCase import PrepareCase
ImportError: No module named PrepareCase

I would like to know what I should do to make it work properly. I'm not much used to update repositories so a good explanation will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Alex

gschaider · December 4, 2014, 15:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

Hello,

I saw some days ago that a new version of PyFoam was released. I used to have version 0.6.2 but I wanted to try one of its new features so I updated my PyFoam directory by typing on the terminal svn up. The update process seemed to work well. After that I typed sudo python setup.py install to install it again with the new features. I don't know if this is the correct procedure or if I missed some step...

The point is that all the utilities that have been updated or added during the process don't work, but the ones that haven't been modified work normally.

This is the message that shows the terminal when I execute one of the new/updated utilities (pyFoamPrepareCase):

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamPrepareCase.py", line 3, in <module>
    from PyFoam.Applications.PrepareCase import PrepareCase
ImportError: No module named PrepareCase

I would like to know what I should do to make it work properly. I'm not much used to update repositories so a good explanation will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Alex

If I interpret your output correctly there should be a file /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/PyFoam/applications/PrepareCase.py

But before I start guessing (I checked: the file is in the SVN): output of pyFoamVersion.py please

zfaraday · December 4, 2014, 15:29

Output of pyFoamVersion.py:

Code:

Machine info: Linux | linux-cfd | 3.7.10-1.32-default | #1 SMP Thu May 8 00:09:34 UTC 2014 (5978d00) | x86_64 | x86_64

Python version: 2.7.3 (default, Apr 14 2012, 08:58:41) [GCC]

Python executable: /usr/bin/python

Python 2.7 is one development platform for PyFoam (along with Python 3)
PYTHONPATH: /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:

Location of this utility: /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamVersion.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamVersion.py", line 64, in <module>
    "Fork",PyFoam.FoamInformation.foamFork(),
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'foamFork'

gschaider · December 4, 2014, 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

Output of pyFoamVersion.py:

Code:

Machine info: Linux | linux-cfd | 3.7.10-1.32-default | #1 SMP Thu May 8 00:09:34 UTC 2014 (5978d00) | x86_64 | x86_64

Python version: 2.7.3 (default, Apr 14 2012, 08:58:41) [GCC]

Python executable: /usr/bin/python

Python 2.7 is one development platform for PyFoam (along with Python 3)
PYTHONPATH: /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages:

Location of this utility: /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamVersion.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamVersion.py", line 64, in <module>
    "Fork",PyFoam.FoamInformation.foamFork(),
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'foamFork'

Seems like your libraries at /home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages are still at the old version (/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam/__init__.py will probably still show version 0.6.2). Are you sure that setup.py installed them there?

zfaraday · December 4, 2014, 15:58

This is how my "home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam/__init__.py" looks like:

Code:

#  ICE Revision: $Id: /local/openfoam/Python/PyFoam/PyFoam/__init__.py 8489 2013-11-03T19:15:58.198885Z bgschaid  $
""" Utility-classes for OpenFOAM

Module for the Execution of OpenFOAM-commands and processing their output
"""

from PyFoam.Infrastructure.Configuration import Configuration

def version():
    """@return: Version number as a tuple"""
    return (0,6,2)
    #    return (0,6,3,"development")

def versionString():
    """@return: Version number of PyFoam"""
    v=version()

    vStr="%d" % v[0]
    for d in v[1:]:
        if type(d)==int:
            vStr+=(".%d" % d)
        else:
            vStr+=("-%s" % str(d))
    return vStr

def foamVersionString():
    from PyFoam.FoamInformation import foamVersionString
    return foamVersionString()

_configuration = Configuration()

def configuration():
    """@return: The Configuration information of PyFoam"""
    return _configuration

# Should work with Python3 and Python2

It seems that you are (obviously) right, it still shows version 0.6.2. Why has this file not been updated during the process? How can I be sure that the libraries have been installed correctly by setup.py?

gschaider · December 4, 2014, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

This is how my "home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam/__init__.py" looks like:

Code:

#  ICE Revision: $Id: /local/openfoam/Python/PyFoam/PyFoam/__init__.py 8489 2013-11-03T19:15:58.198885Z bgschaid  $
""" Utility-classes for OpenFOAM

Module for the Execution of OpenFOAM-commands and processing their output
"""

from PyFoam.Infrastructure.Configuration import Configuration

def version():
    """@return: Version number as a tuple"""
    return (0,6,2)
    #    return (0,6,3,"development")

It seems that you are (obviously) right, it still shows version 0.6.2. Why has this file not been updated during the process? How can I be sure that the libraries have been installed correctly by setup.py?

No idea. Retry running setup.py and check the output it. My guess is that it installs into a different directory

zfaraday · December 4, 2014, 16:13

This is the output of the setup.py:

Code:

running install
running build
running build_py
running build_scripts
running install_lib
running install_scripts
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDumpConfiguration.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCaseReport.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamStandardLogAnalyzer.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamBuildHelper.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamRunParameterVariation.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamFromTemplate.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamRedoPlot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamBlockMeshRewrite.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamWriteDictionary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamModifyGGIBoundary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamExecute.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamReadDictionary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSTLUtility.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamInitVCSCase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamAddEmptyBoundary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPrepareCase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCreateModuleFile.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamJoinCSV.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamUpgradeDictionariesTo20.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCreateBoundaryPatches.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCaseBuilder.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamEchoPickledApplicationData.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPrintData2DStatistics.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamUpgradeDictionariesTo17.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamIPythonNotebook.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCompressCaseFiles.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamBinarySize.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamTestConfiguration.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamUpdateDictionary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClearCase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamEchoDictionary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClearInternalField.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamBench.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamNetShell.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPVSnapshot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPVLoadState.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamUtilityRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDumpRunDatabaseToCSV.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamComparator.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamListCases.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamChangeBoundaryName.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPlotRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPlotWatcher.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCopyLastToFirst.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClearBoundaryValue.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamAddCaseDataToDatabase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamNetList.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPotentialRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSteadyRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamAPoMaFoXiiQt.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamMeshUtilityRunner.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamMetaServer.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSymlinkToFile.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamRunAtMultipleTimes.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSamplePlot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSGECommand.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamSurfacePlot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCloneCase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClusterTester.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamPackCase.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamChangeBoundaryType.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamVersion.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamConvertToCSV.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDisplayBlockMesh.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamCompareDictionary.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClearEmptyBoundaries.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamTimelinePlot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDecompose.py to 755
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam-0.6.4-py2.7.egg-info
Writing /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam-0.6.4-py2.7.egg-info

Maybe I should uninstall it before install it again?

gschaider · December 5, 2014, 08:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

This is the output of the setup.py:

Code:

running install
running build
running build_py
running build_scripts
running install_lib
running install_scripts
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDumpConfiguration.py to 755
<<snip>>
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamClearEmptyBoundaries.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamTimelinePlot.py to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/pyFoamDecompose.py to 755
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam-0.6.4-py2.7.egg-info
Writing /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyFoam-0.6.4-py2.7.egg-info

Maybe I should uninstall it before install it again?

You try that. For some reason no library files are copied at all. But there IS a PyFoam-directory (with sub-directories) in the folder where the setup-py is, right?

zfaraday · December 5, 2014, 09:15

Yes, of course, there is. Why are you asking for that directory? It was there even before I updated the application to 0.6.4 version.

gschaider · December 7, 2014, 04:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

Yes, of course, there is. Why are you asking for that directory? It was there even before I updated the application to 0.6.4 version.

Because I was wondering why it is ignored. And the only thing I could think of is that it was missing for some reason

zfaraday · December 7, 2014, 12:35

So what could be the problem? Why am I unable to run the new PyFoam version? What should I do to make it run properly?

gschaider · December 9, 2014, 07:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

Yes, of course, there is. Why are you asking for that directory? It was there even before I updated the application to 0.6.4 version.

No idea. I tried setup.py on my machine and there is a whole lot of copying going on between "build_py" and "build_scripts". What is your exact command line? ("python setup.py ...")

zfaraday · December 9, 2014, 13:58

The command line I executed was, as written in the first post, "sudo python setup.py install". This is the command shown in the wiki I think.

gschaider · December 9, 2014, 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by zfaraday

The command line I executed was, as written in the first post, "sudo python setup.py install". This is the command shown in the wiki I think.

Wanted to be sure

I was only looking at the long output. If I reread every post in the threads before answering I would answer even less. ALSO: I've seen it often enough that people post the output to a different command than the one they gave 5 posts earlier. So the only command line I take seriously is the one given with the output. Everything else is guessing

Concerning the actual problem: for some reason setup.py doers not copy the Library-files. Which is strange because you said they are there. Permission problem is unlikely. Apart from that I have no idea

December 4, 2014, 12:38	Problems with the new PyFoam release	#1
zfaraday Senior Member Alex Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 337 Rep Power: 21	Hello, I saw some days ago that a new version of PyFoam was released. I used to have version 0.6.2 but I wanted to try one of its new features so I updated my PyFoam directory by typing on the terminal svn up. The update process seemed to work well. After that I typed sudo python setup.py install to install it again with the new features. I don't know if this is the correct procedure or if I missed some step... The point is that all the utilities that have been updated or added during the process don't work, but the ones that haven't been modified work normally. This is the message that shows the terminal when I execute one of the new/updated utilities (pyFoamPrepareCase): Code: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/cfd/OpenFOAM/cfd-2.3.x/PyFoam/bin/pyFoamPrepareCase.py", line 3, in <module> from PyFoam.Applications.PrepareCase import PrepareCase ImportError: No module named PrepareCase I would like to know what I should do to make it work properly. I'm not much used to update repositories so a good explanation will be very welcome. Thanks in advance, Alex __________________ Web site where I present my Master's Thesis: foamingtime.wordpress.com The case I talk about in this site was solved with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver and involves radiation. Some basic tutorials are also resolved step by step in the web. If you are interested in these matters, you are invited to come in!

December 5, 2014, 09:15		#9
zfaraday Senior Member Alex Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 337 Rep Power: 21	Yes, of course, there is. Why are you asking for that directory? It was there even before I updated the application to 0.6.4 version. __________________ Web site where I present my Master's Thesis: foamingtime.wordpress.com The case I talk about in this site was solved with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver and involves radiation. Some basic tutorials are also resolved step by step in the web. If you are interested in these matters, you are invited to come in!

December 7, 2014, 12:35		#11
zfaraday Senior Member Alex Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 337 Rep Power: 21	So what could be the problem? Why am I unable to run the new PyFoam version? What should I do to make it run properly? __________________ Web site where I present my Master's Thesis: foamingtime.wordpress.com The case I talk about in this site was solved with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver and involves radiation. Some basic tutorials are also resolved step by step in the web. If you are interested in these matters, you are invited to come in!

December 9, 2014, 13:58		#13
zfaraday Senior Member Alex Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 337 Rep Power: 21	The command line I executed was, as written in the first post, "sudo python setup.py install". This is the command shown in the wiki I think. __________________ Web site where I present my Master's Thesis: foamingtime.wordpress.com The case I talk about in this site was solved with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver and involves radiation. Some basic tutorials are also resolved step by step in the web. If you are interested in these matters, you are invited to come in!

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