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This thread aims to guide those who feel completely lost in where to find information on how to install OpenFOAM.

These are the known installation instructions for OpenFOAM and many of its variants:

1. The instructions for the official OpenFOAM versions are provided at the OpenFOAM Foundation website.
2. The instructions for the official OpenFOAM+ versions are provided at the OpenCFD (ESI group) website.
   • When creating new threads about OpenFOAM+, please use the title prefix "[OpenFOAM plus]", for example:
     

     [OpenFOAM plus][Windows] Unable to start docked machine

3. The instructions for the foam-extend (community fork) can be found here:
   1. foam-extend 4.0 Installation instructions @ openfoamwiki.net
   2. foam-extend 3.2 Installation instructions @ openfoamwiki.net
   3. foam-extend 3.1 Installation instructions @ openfoamwiki.net
   4. foam-extend 3.0 Installation instructions @ openfoamwiki.net
4. Installation instructions for installing Caelus-CML (fork) can be found at the Caelus-CML website.
5. The instructions for installing FreeFOAM are provided at their official website: FreeFOAM Installation Instructions
6. Instructions written by the community are mostly centralized at openfoamwiki.net, in the page Installation. There you'll find dedicated instructions for each version and Operating System.
7. Questions about installing any of these versions/variants can be asked at the (unofficial) forum at CFD-Online:
   • For questions about officially supported versions/variants: OpenFOAM Installation
   • For questions about unofficial ports for other platforms: OpenFOAM Installation on Windows, Mac and other Unsupported Platforms

Other Frequently Asked Questions:

• About Installing OpenFOAM: FAQ/Installation and Running at openfoamwiki.net
• About OpenFOAM in general: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/FAQ
• Installing in Windows: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Installation/Windows
• Installing in Mac OS X: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Installation/Mac_OS
• Using GPU with OpenFOAM: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/GPGPU
• How to use the shell and how to have more than one version/variant of OpenFOAM installed: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...with_the_Shell
• About uninstalling/removing OpenFOAM: How to uninstall/remove OpenFOAM?
• About Forks and Variants of OpenFOAM

Manuals and Guides:

• Official OpenFOAM online page for the manuals and guides: http://www.openfoam.org/docs/
• Official OpenFOAM User Guide:
  • Online HTML version: http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/
  • Online PDF version: OpenFOAM User Guide at SF.net
  • The local copy in your OpenFOAM installation can be found by running this command:
    

    echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR/doc/Guides-a4/UserGuide.pdf

• Official (but not fully supported) OpenFOAM Programmer's Guide:
  • Online version: OpenFOAM Programmer's Guide at SF.net
  • The local version in your OpenFOAM installation can be found by running this command (although it's no present in OpenFOAM 4.0 and newer versions, but should still be in OpenFOAM+):
    

    echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR/doc/Guides-a4/ProgrammersGuide.pdf

• Community created wiki pages, aimed to complement the official guides: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/OpenFOAM_guide
• Community created articles and books (peer and technical reviewed): http://www.cocoons-project.org/

Notes:

• If you are still using OpenFOAM 1.6-ext from July 2012 to January 2013, please read the instructions from this post: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...tml#post432005 post #51