[cliff]

Another question. while installing extend 3.1 there is a command saying "
# Create a prefs.sh file
cp etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE etc/prefs.sh
i dont know what to do with it ,how to make a prefs.sh file and in which directory.

[wyldckat]

Quick question: Which specific installation instructions are you following?

Quick suggestion: If you're not yet familiar with the command line (shell), then please study this wiki page: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...with_the_Shell

[cliff]

Hi. i followed the instruction in http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kur...OwnLaptop.html but when i type "f31" this error shows up

bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamGetSystemInfo: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/etc/settings.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/etc/aliases.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer: Install foam-extend 3.1, which is the latest version. Instructions available here: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...oam-extend-3.1

Hi bruno. i have followed the instruction you adressed but when typing fe31 in terminal this error shows up

bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamGetSystemInfo: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/etc/settings.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/etc/aliases.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory

could you please help me?
note that in the second step i skiped this error

root@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~# sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
> bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev\
> libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libiberty-devlibxt-dev
maybe its because of that

[cliff]

I am using ubuntu 14.04LTS and in second step of foam-extend 3.1 instruction when typing

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \ bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev\ libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz

this error shows up!

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libiberty-devlibxt-dev

[wyldckat]

Greetings mojtaba,

The first problem is because you has not properly studied these instructions: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...nFOAM_versions
In other words, the idea is that you need to:

1. Edit the file "~/.bashrc" with a text editor.
2. Find the lines where you have OpenFOAM and foam-extend versions listed. For example:
   

   source /opt/openfoam231/etc/bashrc

3. For example, replace that line with this:
   

   alias of231='source /opt/openfoam231/etc/bashrc'
   alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'

4. Start a new terminal window or a new separator (also known as a "tab").
5. Only run commands as "root" if and only if you need to install system packages. If you need to install OpenFOAM or foam-extend from source code, please follow the instructions in normal user mode, not in "root" mode.

Sorry, the second problem is because the wiki had an error, where it was missing a space near the end of the second line. Please try running the following command:

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz

Best regards,
Bruno

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings mojtaba,

The first problem is because you has not properly studied these instructions: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...nFOAM_versions
In other words, the idea is that you need to:

1. Edit the file "~/.bashrc" with a text editor.
2. Find the lines where you have OpenFOAM and foam-extend versions listed. For example:
   

   source /opt/openfoam231/etc/bashrc

3. For example, replace that line with this:
   

   alias of231='source /opt/openfoam231/etc/bashrc'
   alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'

4. Start a new terminal window or a new separator (also known as a "tab").
5. Only run commands as "root" if and only if you need to install system packages. If you need to install OpenFOAM or foam-extend from source code, please follow the instructions in normal user mode, not in "root" mode.

Sorry, the second problem is because the wiki had an error, where it was missing a space near the end of the second line. Please try running the following command:

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi bruno thanks for your answer. i followed what you said but at the last step when typing
./Allwmake.firstInstal

in the process of compiling i saw some errors but compiling was done. is it
okay or not?
As its been said in wiki when i start a new terminal i type f31, but running
tutorials is my problem. in step 4 after typing
mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN
this error appears
mkdir: missing operand
Try 'mkdir --help' for more information.
what am i missing?

[wyldckat]

Please run the following command:

tail $HOME/.bashrc

and show us what the command has given you.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Please run the following command:

tail $HOME/.bashrc

and show us what the command has given you.

I typed what you said and this was the result;

alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias OF23x='. /home/sepinood/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.x/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias f31='. $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'

[wyldckat]

Start a new terminal window. Then what do these 2 commands give you?

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

which foamJob

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Start a new terminal window. Then what do these 2 commands give you?

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

which foamJob

The first command gives no error, it seems OK
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$
The second command :
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ which foamJob
/home/sepinood/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamJob
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$

[wyldckat]

OK, then try to follow these steps:

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc 
foam
./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc 
which icoFoam
which paraview

and if all goes well, please indicate what the last 2 lines give you.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

OK, then try to follow these steps:

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc 
foam
./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc 
which icoFoam
which paraview

and if all goes well, please indicate what the last 2 lines give you.

First and second command seem OK but after typing
./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1
it shows Permission denied error.
This is my terminal window:

sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ foam
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ ./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1
bash: log.make: Permission denied
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$

[wyldckat]

That's what happens when you do too many commands with root powers. To revert the folder for your own user to be able to make the installation, run:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/foam

Then run again the commands I indicated in the previous post.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

That's what happens when you do too many commands with root powers. To revert the folder for your own user to be able to make the installation, run:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/foam

Then run again the commands I indicated in the previous post.

I did what you said and after typing ./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1 it took a long time but nothing compiled i mean like the other "/.Allwmake" commands that run some installations or unpacking some sort of the OF packages. and the last two commands gave nothing.
This is my terminal:


sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ ./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ which icoFoam
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ which paraview
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$

[wyldckat]

OK, now we've reached a stage where we can begin diagnosing what's going on wrong with the build process. If possible, please compress the file "log.make" and attach it to your next post.
If you do not know how to compress a file, then run the following command:

tar -czf log.make.tar.gz log.make

The resulting file "log.make.tar.gz" is the one that I need so that I can see what went wrong.
If the file is larger than 100kB, then please use a file sharing service to provide said file.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

OK, now we've reached a stage where we can begin diagnosing what's going on wrong with the build process. If possible, please compress the file "log.make" and attach it to your next post.
If you do not know how to compress a file, then run the following command:

tar -czf log.make.tar.gz log.make

The resulting file "log.make.tar.gz" is the one that I need so that I can see what went wrong.
If the file is larger than 100kB, then please use a file sharing service to provide said file.

there is just a line on a gedit file saying:
bash: ./Allwmake: No such file or directorylog.make.tar.gz

[wyldckat]

That is very strange.
Then run the following commands:

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
foam
pwd
ls -l

and let me know what they gave you.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

That is very strange.
Then run the following commands:

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
foam
pwd
ls -l

and let me know what they gave you.

Here are the results:

sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~$ foam
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ pwd
/home/sepinood/foam/foam-extend-3.1
sepinood@sepinood-Inspiron-N5010:~/foam/foam-extend-3.1$ ls -l
total 4584
-rwxr-xr-x  1 sepinood sepinood      40 فوریه  3 00:37 Allclean
-rwxr-xr-x  1 sepinood sepinood     831 فوریه  3 00:37 Allwmake
-rwxr-xr-x  1 sepinood sepinood    2498 فوریه  3 00:37 Allwmake.firstInstall
drwxr-xr-x  5 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  7 22:29 applications
drwxr-xr-x  4 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 bin
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood    6921 فوریه  3 00:37 CMakeLists.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood   35147 فوریه  3 00:37 COPYING
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood     572 فوریه  3 00:37 CTestConfig.cmake
drwxr-xr-x  5 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 doc
drwxr-xr-x  4 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 21:23 etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 extend-bazaar
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood    4876 فوریه  3 00:37 ExtendProjectPreamble
drwxrwxr-x  3 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  7 20:54 lib
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood    1617 فوریه  3 00:37 ListOfContributors
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood 4501516 فوریه  8 00:09 log.make
drwxr-xr-x  2 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 Macros
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood   13457 فوریه  3 00:37 ReleaseNotes
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood   21360 فوریه  3 00:37 ReleaseNotes.html
-rw-r--r--  1 sepinood sepinood   13539 فوریه  3 00:37 ReleaseNotes.txt
drwxr-xr-x 36 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 src
drwxr-xr-x  4 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:37 testHarness
drwxr-xr-x  6 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  7 20:32 ThirdParty
drwxr-xr-x 20 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:38 tutorials
drwxr-xr-x  4 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  3 00:38 vagrantSandbox
drwxr-xr-x  6 sepinood sepinood    4096 فوریه  7 20:31 wmake

[wyldckat]

OK, so apparently you compressed and provided the wrong file.
Start a new terminal and run:

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
foam
tar -czf log.make.tar.gz log.make
pwd

The last command will tell you the full path to the folder where the file log.make.tar.gz" is located.