please help me!

adambarfi · April 27, 2012, 04:27

hi,

anybody is here that explain me how can I install OpenFOAM on Linux Ubuntu? does it have a graphical environment or it just has coding environment?
I'm a beginner in openfoam and linux!
I have downloaded it with thirdparty-2.1.0 before.

thank a lot

romant · April 27, 2012, 05:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by adambarfi

hi,

anybody is here that explain me how can I install OpenFOAM on Linux Ubuntu? does it have a graphical environment or it just has coding environment?
I'm a beginner in openfoam and linux!
I have downloaded it with thirdparty-2.1.0 before.

thank a lot

Please consider this link http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho..._Message_Board, read it and then post your questions accordingly. How OpenFOAM is installed on Ubuntu Linux is explained on the website http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php, there you will also everything else you need to know about openfoam and how it works for starters. Additionally, read the last part of bruno's blog post http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/blo...rty-tools.html and get familiar with the system.

adambarfi · April 27, 2012, 06:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by romant

Please consider this link http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho..._Message_Board, read it and then post your questions accordingly. How OpenFOAM is installed on Ubuntu Linux is explained on the website http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php, there you will also everything else you need to know about openfoam and how it works for starters. Additionally, read the last part of bruno's blog post http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/blo...rty-tools.html and get familiar with the system.

thank you so much, I'll be back if I have questions.

adambarfi · April 28, 2012, 06:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by romant

Please consider this link http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho..._Message_Board, read it and then post your questions accordingly. How OpenFOAM is installed on Ubuntu Linux is explained on the website http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php, there you will also everything else you need to know about openfoam and how it works for starters. Additionally, read the last part of bruno's blog post http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/blo...rty-tools.html and get familiar with the system.

hi,
When I want to install OpenFOAM-1.7.1 on OpenSUSE it says:
System management is locked by the application with pid 4511 (/usr/sbin/packagekitd).
Close this application before trying again.
What do I do, please?

wyldckat · April 28, 2012, 16:40

Greetings to all!

@Mostafa: did you search for this online? The first post I got was this: http://superuser.com/questions/83997...by-packagekitd

Basically all you needed to do was:

Code:

kill 4511
#or if you aren't in root mode
sudo kill 4511

Best regards,
Bruno

adambarfi · April 28, 2012, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings to all!

@Mostafa: did you search for this online? The first post I got was this: http://superuser.com/questions/83997...by-packagekitd

Basically all you needed to do was:

Code:

kill 4511
#or if you aren't in root mode
sudo kill 4511

Best regards,
Bruno

thank you Bruno
I'm a new user in linux!

adambarfi · May 10, 2012, 12:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by romant

Please consider this link http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho..._Message_Board, read it and then post your questions accordingly. How OpenFOAM is installed on Ubuntu Linux is explained on the website http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php, there you will also everything else you need to know about openfoam and how it works for starters. Additionally, read the last part of bruno's blog post http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/blo...rty-tools.html and get familiar with the system.

when I want to install OpenFOAM-2.1.0 on Ubuntu it says:

mostafa@mostafa-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential flex bison cmake zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev libxt-dev
[sudo] password for mostafa:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
flex is already the newest version.
bison is already the newest version.
Package cmake is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package cmake has no installation candidate

Is it OK!!!!!!!!!

wyldckat · May 10, 2012, 14:54

Hi Mostafa,

That's strange... what Ubuntu version do you have installed? Did you do any upgrade? Does your machine have internet connection?

Best regards,
Bruno

adambarfi · May 11, 2012, 00:45

Hi Wyldckat,
thank you for your reply.

CAELinux 2011
This release is built on an updated Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS 64 bit base with a focus on the upgrade of the CAE softwares and the addition of tutorials & wizards to make your first steps easier.

I think I should use the previous version of OpenFOAM, such as 1.7.0.

romant · May 11, 2012, 02:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by adambarfi

Hi Wyldckat,
thank you for your reply.

CAELinux 2011
This release is built on an updated Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS 64 bit base with a focus on the upgrade of the CAE softwares and the addition of tutorials & wizards to make your first steps easier.

I think I should use the previous version of OpenFOAM, such as 1.7.0.

Looking at the CAElinux website, CAElinux 2011, comes with OpenFOAM 2.0.1, therefore you should even be able to install 2.0.1 without hassle from the sources if I understand this right.

On the live DVD that you get from CAElinux, Ubuntu 2.0.1 is already installed and when installing the liveDVD onto your hard disk you should have OpenFOAM available.

adambarfi · May 11, 2012, 02:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by romant

Looking at the CAElinux website, CAElinux 2011, comes with OpenFOAM 2.0.1, therefore you should even be able to install 2.0.1 without hassle from the sources if I understand this right.

On the live DVD that you get from CAElinux, Ubuntu 2.0.1 is already installed and when installing the liveDVD onto your hard disk you should have OpenFOAM available.

thank you Roman,

It just has OpenFOAM Terminal !!!! what should I do?

romant · May 11, 2012, 02:47

OpenFOAM only runs in terminal, for graphical post processing you will have to use paraview, which is called from the terminal in your case directory by running paraFoam. I suggest you go to http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/ and read the introduction as well as work through the first tutorials. This way you will get used to OpenFOAM, how it works and also learn a little bit about how to use linux.

adambarfi · May 11, 2012, 03:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by romant

OpenFOAM only runs in terminal, for graphical post processing you will have to use paraview, which is called from the terminal in your case directory by running paraFoam. I suggest you go to http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/ and read the introduction as well as work through the first tutorials. This way you will get used to OpenFOAM, how it works and also learn a little bit about how to use linux.

Dear Roman, thank you so much!!!

I'm a new user of Linux
I doubt that OpenFOAM, itself is really a terminal or not,

again thank you.

wyldckat · May 11, 2012, 06:19

Read this thread: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...cae-linux.html

Meltedbrain · August 25, 2012, 14:31

Hello everyone,
i'm new in Linux and i'm trying to install OpenFOAM on Ubuntu. I'm following the instructions at this link http://www.openfoam.org/download/source.php , but i can't understand what i have to do at this point:
"Go to the top-level source directory $WM_PROJECT_DIR and execute the top-level build script ./Allwmake." in paragraph Building the Sources.
What am i supposed to do?
Please try to be the more "explainful" as you can!
Thank you

adambarfi · August 25, 2012, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltedbrain

Hello everyone,
i'm new in Linux and i'm trying to install OpenFOAM on Ubuntu. I'm following the instructions at this link http://www.openfoam.org/download/source.php , but i can't understand what i have to do at this point:
"Go to the top-level source directory $WM_PROJECT_DIR and execute the top-level build script ./Allwmake." in paragraph Building the Sources.
What am i supposed to do?
Please try to be the more "explainful" as you can!
Thank you

Dear Manfredi,
just go to $WM_PROJECT_DIR and run ./Allwmake as below:

Code:

cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
./Allwmake

it will make all the make folders in OF.

adambarfi · August 25, 2012, 15:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Read this thread: www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/99864-environment-variables-cae-linux.html

dear Bruno,
Thank you so much
Mostafa Mahmoudi

Meltedbrain · August 25, 2012, 17:30

Here is what i tried to do.... but looks like it did't work:

Code:

manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ ./Allwmake
bash: ./Allwmake: File o directory non esistente
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd -
/home/manfredi
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ '/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake' 
/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: 4: /home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$

Maybe i missed something in the previews steps?
Is it correct to add line

Code:

                 source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/etc/bashrc

in $HOME/.bashrc file before it says

Code:

end-of-file

?
Thank you

P.s. "non esistente" means "do not exist"

adambarfi · August 26, 2012, 00:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltedbrain

Here is what i tried to do.... but looks like it did't work:

Code:

manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ ./Allwmake
bash: ./Allwmake: File o directory non esistente
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd -
/home/manfredi
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ '/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake' 
/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: 4: /home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$

Maybe i missed something in the previews steps?
Is it correct to add line

Code:

                 source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/etc/bashrc

in $HOME/.bashrc file before it says

Code:

end-of-file

?
Thank you

P.s. "non esistente" means "do not exist"

Dear Manfredi,
I had such problem before, the problem is about environment variables, they aren't fixed correctly.
run 'echo $SHELL' to see whether the bash or ksh is running or tcsh or csh. then you should add the below code before end-of-file of bashrc or cshrc file, for example, in '$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-x.x.x/etc' directory.

Code:

source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.0/etc/bashrc

then according to http://www.openfoam.org/archive/2.1....oad/source.php resume the installing.
for more details see this link by Bruno:
Advanced tips for working with the OpenFOAM shell environment

wyldckat · August 26, 2012, 07:10

Greetings to all!

@Meltedbrain:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltedbrain

Code:

manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ ./Allwmake
bash: ./Allwmake: File o directory non esistente
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd -
/home/manfredi
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$ '/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake' 
/home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: 4: /home/manfredi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/Allwmake: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.
manfredi@manfredi-MacBookAir:~$

If you want to build directly on Mac OS, follow these instructions: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho...enFOAM_v21_Mac

Best regards,
Bruno

April 27, 2012, 04:27	please help me!	#1
adambarfi Senior Member Mostafa Mahmoudi Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 322 Rep Power: 15	hi, anybody is here that explain me how can I install OpenFOAM on Linux Ubuntu? does it have a graphical environment or it just has coding environment? I'm a beginner in openfoam and linux! I have downloaded it with thirdparty-2.1.0 before. thank a lot

April 28, 2012, 16:40		#5
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings to all! @Mostafa: did you search for this online? The first post I got was this: http://superuser.com/questions/83997...by-packagekitd Basically all you needed to do was: Code: kill 4511 #or if you aren't in root mode sudo kill 4511 Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

May 10, 2012, 14:54		#8
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Hi Mostafa, That's strange... what Ubuntu version do you have installed? Did you do any upgrade? Does your machine have internet connection? Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

May 11, 2012, 02:47		#12
romant Senior Member Roman Thiele Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Eindhoven, NL Posts: 374 Rep Power: 20	OpenFOAM only runs in terminal, for graphical post processing you will have to use paraview, which is called from the terminal in your case directory by running paraFoam. I suggest you go to http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/ and read the introduction as well as work through the first tutorials. This way you will get used to OpenFOAM, how it works and also learn a little bit about how to use linux. adambarfi likes this. __________________ ~roman

May 11, 2012, 06:19		#14
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Read this thread: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...cae-linux.html __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

May 11, 2012, 00:45		#9
adambarfi Senior Member Mostafa Mahmoudi Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 322 Rep Power: 15	Hi Wyldckat, thank you for your reply. CAELinux 2011 This release is built on an updated Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS 64 bit base with a focus on the upgrade of the CAE softwares and the addition of tutorials & wizards to make your first steps easier. I think I should use the previous version of OpenFOAM, such as 1.7.0.

August 25, 2012, 14:31		#15
Meltedbrain New Member Manfredi Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 13	Hello everyone, i'm new in Linux and i'm trying to install OpenFOAM on Ubuntu. I'm following the instructions at this link http://www.openfoam.org/download/source.php , but i can't understand what i have to do at this point: "Go to the top-level source directory $WM_PROJECT_DIR and execute the top-level build script ./Allwmake." in paragraph Building the Sources. What am i supposed to do? Please try to be the more "explainful" as you can! Thank you