one folder for external utilities
 

Hi all,

I just finished to install OF 2.4.0. I copied the platfoms folder, that contains external utilities (eg. cfMesh utilities), to new folder location:

I would like to know, even for future releases, if there's a way to set a common folder that is used from every sourced version, without copying and pasting each time, and in order to have for all versions, the last updated folder.

Thank you very much.

Michele.

Greetings Michele,

1. The "platforms" folder usually contains the binaries. These will likely only work with the OpenFOAM version they were built with. Copying these folders to another version can lead to unexpected crashes of the binaries contained therein.
2. You can have a single folder where you have all of your source code, for example this folder structure:
   
   Code:

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   ~/OpenFOAM/Contributions
~/OpenFOAM/Contributions/cfMesh
~/OpenFOAM/Contributions/swak4Foam

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3. Then after you install a new OpenFOAM version, run:
   
   Code:

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   cd ~/OpenFOAM/Contributions

cd cfMesh
wclean all
wmake all
cd ..

cd swak4Foam
wclean all
wmake all
cd ..

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   Note: I'm assuming each folder has the proper "Allwmake" and "Allwclean" scripts, for this to work as intended. If not, instead of "wclean/wmake", you'll have to use the build instructions that are written for each one.

Best regards,
Bruno