[matteo.chiatto]

Hi guys,
I'm trying to install swak4foam on my local account of a supercomputer. I have already installed OpenFOAM 6 downloading the source pack from https://openfoam.org/version/6, and I cloned swak4foam for OF6 typing the command


hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/openfoam-extend/swak4Foam -u develop


The problem is that I was forced to compile OF in the OpenFOAM-6 directory, while the libraries of swak4foam are installed in the <username>-6 directory. Is it possible to change the destination of swak4foam libraries by modifying the Allwmake file?


Thank you in advance.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: There are several ways you can do this, but it really depends on how exactly OpenFOAM was installed. For example, the convention in OpenFOAM is to have 3 types of folders for binaries:

1. The ones for OpenFOAM itself, defined by the environment variables "FOAM_LIBBIN" and "FOAM_APPBIN".
2. The ones for the user, for his/her own custom binaries, defined by the environment variables "FOAM_USER_LIBBIN" and "FOAM_USER_APPBIN".
3. The ones meant to be installed at the site, namely binaries that are to be shared with everyone, but are not part of OpenFOAM itself, defined by the environment variables "FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN" and "FOAM_SITE_APPBIN", usually aiming to the base folder "$FOAM_INST_DIR/site".

So the trick can be to do the following commands, assuming that you agree with the default site path:

(
    export FOAM_USER_LIBBIN=$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN
    export FOAM_USER_APPBIN=$FOAM_SITE_APPBIN
    ./Allwmake
)

This way it's built but deploying to the designated site paths. The parenthesis allow you to test right away within a subshell and without having to hack into the Allwmake script... although I'm assuming you're using Bash as the shell.




Or you can rely on swak4Foam's own "swakConfiguration" file to define the configuration you want to use... so by running these commands:

echo 'export FOAM_USER_LIBBIN=$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN' >> swakConfiguration
echo 'export FOAM_USER_APPBIN=$FOAM_SITE_APPBIN' >> swakConfiguration


./Allwmake

you should get the same result.


Either way, OpenFOAM's default settings will add the variable "FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN" into the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" variable on the shell, along with "FOAM_SITE_APPBIN" into "PATH". That way it should work out of the box without additional hacks...

[xneop]

Hi wyldckat,
i have problem install swak4Foam, i am using openfoam 6 and later on i used an alias of6 , i followed the instruction you wrote above and this is a screen of the entries and the response

alain@alain-Inspiron-5570:~/swak4Foam$ echo 'export FOAM_USER_LIBBIN=$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN' >> swakConfiguration
alain@alain-Inspiron-5570:~/swak4Foam$ echo 'export FOAM_USER_APPBIN=$FOAM_SITE_APPBIN' >> swakConfiguration
alain@alain-Inspiron-5570:~/swak4Foam$ ./Allwmake
Current OpenFOAM version is .
This is a clean install

/home/alain/swak4Foam/privateRequirements/bin existing. Prepending to PATH-variable (private version of Bison)

Reading variables from 'swakConfiguration'
Using python2.7 at /usr/bin/python2.7-config for python2
Using our own Lua at /home/alain/swak4Foam/privateRequirements
Checking swak4Foam-version and generating file
Swak version is 0.4.3
hg info: 7ed4be75fffd+ (develop)
./Allwmake: Zeile 70: wmake: Befehl nicht gefunden

Requirements for Library not satisfied. I see no sense in going on
Check the README before you go on to ask. And search: Most likely your problem occurred to 5 other people before and has been solved on the MessageBoard
alain@alain-Inspiron-5570:~/swak4Foam$

please what i am doing wrong?

[wyldckat]

Quick answer:
Translating the relevant error message:

Originally Posted by xneop

./Allwmake: Zeile 70: wmake: Befehl nicht gefunden

to English

Line 70: wmake: command not found

means that either the shell enviroment for OpenFOAM 6 is not properly loaded or the installation that you are using only provides the final binaries.

Questions:

1. What does this command tell you?
   

   alias of6

2. What do the following commands give you:
   

   of6
   which wmake
   which blockMesh

3. What about this:
   

   cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
   ls -l wmake/

[Bodo1993]

Hi all,
I have used the following commands to install swak4foam in a frontal node in a cluster.
hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/openfoam-extend/swak4Foam
cd swak4Foam
./AllwmakeAll

The swak4foam was installed at the home directory. I then loaded openfoam v6 to the cluster, but it seems that it did not recognize the swak4foam installation. The error:
"funkySetFields: command not found"

I am wondering if there is any especial treatment to make swak4foam working on the cluster. I did the same steps on my local machine and it is working well.

I appreciate your assistance.

[Bodo1993]

Hi, I would appreciate any reply. Thanks.