[j.adams]

Hello all,


I apologise if this has been asked before, but I've had no luck finding anything similar online, and I don't know where to go from here.


I'm new to OpenFOAM, and I'm having an error installing swak4foam on OpenFOAM 7. I know the version is old, and newer versions may have better luck, but OF7 is the one I need to use for my project.


OpenFOAM 7 is installed in my /home/ directory, and I'm using a relatively fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04.01, if that helps.



I tried following Torsten Schenkel's tutorial on YouTube, which basically consisted of navigating to the OpenFOAM applications folder, and running:

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

cd swak4Foam

./AllwmakeAll
'''

Running this yields the error below. I can't really tell what the error is saying is wrong, nonetheless how to fix it:

'''
Current OpenFOAM version is 7.
This is a clean install

/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/applications/swak4Foam/privateRequirements/bin existing. Prepending to PATH-variable (private version of Bison)

Reading variables from 'swakConfiguration'
Looking for Python 2
Looking for Python 3
Using our own Lua at /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/applications/swak4Foam/privateRequirements
Checking swak4Foam-version and generating file
Swak version is 2021.05.0
hg info: af74ec7e1714
No 'bear' installed
Bison: /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/applications/swak4Foam/privateRequirements/bin/bison
Flex: /usr/bin/flex
Bison at /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/applications/swak4Foam/privateRequirements/bin/bison is version 3.4 (Major 3 Minor 4)
Flex is version 2.6.4 (Minor version: 4)
OpenFOAM-version: Major 7 Minor 0 Patch -1 (-1 == x / 98) Fork: org
No swak4FoamParsers/foamVersion4swak.H. Generated

Please include the output above when reporting a problem in the compilation. It helps diagnosing the problem


wmakeLnInclude: linking include files to simpleFunctionObjects/lnInclude
wmake libso swak4FoamParsers
/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/options:52: /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/../myflex: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target '/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/../myflex'. Stop.
/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/options:52: /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/../myflex: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target '/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/../myflex'. Stop.
wmake error: file '/home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers/sourceFiles' could not be created in /home/jonathan/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/applications/swak4Foam/Libraries/swak4FoamParsers
Parser library did not compile OK. No sense continuing as everything else depends on it

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
'''

Initially I got the error that there was no binary 'python', which I was able to fix by installing
python-is-python3, but now I get this, which has no clear message telling me what the
error is.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Jon.

[j.adams]

Nevermind, all fixed now.


Using the github mirror of swak4foam seemed to work.