[emadhamdy]

i am new user for openfoam and ubuntu
i install ubuntu 12.04 and openfoam 1.5
but after openfoam istallation finish the command " icoFoam -help" not work as below
emad@malek:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5$ icoFoam -help
and message appear are :
icoFoam: command not found

then what i can do to solve this problem, and thank u

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: That seems to indicate that OpenFOAM 1.5 is not installed.

A few questions:

1. Which installation instructions did you follow?
2. Why are you trying to use such an old version of OpenFOAM?

[emadhamdy]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer: That seems to indicate that OpenFOAM 1.5 is not installed.

A few questions:

1. Which installation instructions did you follow?
2. Why are you trying to use such an old version of OpenFOAM?

thank u for your attention to my question and i will tell u the following:
1. i take instruction steps which exist in the following web page:
https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...OAM-1.5/Ubuntu
2. i want to use old version of openFoam for the reason is, i do scientific search in specific problem and the recent previous research related to my problem was done by openfoam 1.5 dev. and i had tried to use new version of openfoam to run this related research with my research point but this was not compatible and not running with the openfoam new version as well. so that i try to install the same version of openfoam that used in previous research

[wyldckat]

Greetings emadhamdy,

I was afraid of this... OpenFOAM 1.5 is not the same as OpenFOAM 1.5-dev. The 1.5-dev is a variant of the standard OpenFOAM version: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/F...ts#foam-extend

The bigger problem is that I haven't been able to compile OpenFOAM 1.5-dev, which is why there aren't any updated instructions on the wiki for it.
Nonetheless, you can try installing Ubuntu 10.04 in a virtual machine and follow the instructions given here: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...ucid_10.04_LTS

Edit: I tested just now in an old virtual machine that I have with Ubuntu 10.04 and unfortunately the 1.5-dev deb package is no longer available

Best regards,
Bruno

[emadhamdy]

greetting wyldckat "bruno"

alot thanks for your attention and i will try this and replay to u


best regards,
emadhamdy