Trouble shooting about OpenFOAM installation in Ubuntu 12.04
 

Hi,

I have tried to install OpenFOAM 2.1.x on Ubuntu 12.04 following the instruction on http://www.openfoam.org/download/git.php
However, when run the foamInstallationTest script, the following message shows:

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Checking basic setup...
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Shell: bash
Host: xutianhua-PC
OS: Linux version 3.2.0-34-generic-pae
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Checking main OpenFOAM env variables...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR /home/xutianhua/OpenFOAM yes yes
$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR /home/xutianhua/OpenFOAM/xutianhua-2.1.x no no
$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR .../xutianhua/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.x yes yes
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Checking the OpenFOAM env variables set on the PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_DIR /home/xutianhua/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.x yes yes yes

$FOAM_APPBIN ...AM-2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/bin yes yes yes
$FOAM_SITE_APPBIN ...te/2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/bin no no
$FOAM_USER_APPBIN ...ua-2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/bin no no
$WM_DIR ...ianhua/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.x/wmake yes yes yes
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Checking the OpenFOAM env variables set on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$FOAM_LIBBIN ...AM-2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/lib yes yes yes
$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN ...te/2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/lib no no
$FOAM_USER_LIBBIN ...ua-2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/lib no no
$MPI_ARCH_PATH ...1.x/platforms/linuxGcc/openmpi-1.5.3 yes yes yes
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Third party software
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Software Version Location
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flex 2.5.35 /usr/bin/flex
./foamInstallationTest: 267: [: -lt: unexpected operator
./foamInstallationTest: 269: [: -gt: unexpected operator
./foamInstallationTest: 274: [: -lt: unexpected operator
./foamInstallationTest: 276: [: -gt: unexpected operator
./foamInstallationTest: 281: [: !=: unexpected operator
gcc /usr/bin/gcc
gzip 1.4 /bin/gzip
tar 1.26 /bin/tar
icoFoam
WARNING: Conflicting installations:
OpenFOAM settings : /home/xutianhua/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.x/platforms/linuxGccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam
current path :
CRITICAL ERROR

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Summary
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Base configuration ok.
The foam installation contains 1 critical error(s).

Review the output for warning messages and consult
the installation guide for troubleshooting.

Done

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Then I run the ./Allwmake in the /src folder, the message in the attachment shows.

Then how can I solve the problem?

Thanks

Greetings Huma Nait and welcome to the forum!

If I'm guessing this correctly, you have the Gold ld version installed by default, while OpenFOAM needs the BFD version of ld.

This has been already reported here: http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=685

The quickest solution is to uninstall the package "binutils-gold", rebuild OpenFOAM 2.1.x and after that install "binutils-gold" again.

Best regards,
Bruno

Thanks to Bruno.

I have my unbuntu 12.04 reinstalled and the problems solved

Actually I suspect it is the influence of the ATI graphic card driver because I installed the driver before the installation of OF in my first try.