[zordiack]

Hi, I just finished installing ParaView 5 for OpenFOAM, so I thought I'd share the installation steps with you (OS is Xubuntu 14.04).

1. cd into $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR and get the sources from http://www.paraview.org/download/ (ParaView-v5.0.0-source.tar.gz)

2. Unpack and rename the directory to ParaView-5.0.0

3. Edit file ParaView-5.0.0/CMake/ParaViewDetermineVersion.cmake and comment out lines 41-50 (otherwise source version detection fails, this is also a bug in 4.4.0):

  if (NOT PARAVIEW_GIT_DESCRIBE)
#    if (EXISTS ${git_command})
#      execute_process(
#        COMMAND ${git_command} describe
#        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${source_dir}
#        RESULT_VARIABLE result
#        OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
#        ERROR_QUIET
#        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
#        ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
#    endif()
  else()

4. Edit file $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/paraView.sh line 58 to following:

export ParaView_VERSION=5.0.0

5. Source $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/basrc

6. Now let's compile ParaView 5. For this you can use the existing makeParaView4 script, because it has an option to select custom version. Your taste in ParaView options may be different, so adjust the following command accordingly (mpi and python are optional, run in $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR):

./makeParaView4 -version 5.0.0 -mpi -python -python-lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so

7. After compiling, export the new environmental settings and remember to use your home directory, ParaView compilation should output the correct lines for you once it's finished (you should also add/update these to your $HOME/.bashrc):

export ParaView_DIR=/home/YOURUSERNAME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-dev/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.0.0
export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-5.0

8. Copy the attached pv5readers.tar.gz into $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/, cd into that directory and unpack the archive.

9. Compile the PV5Readers (it will output some warnings, but it compiles at least with gcc-4.8.4):

cd PV5Readers
wmSET
./Allwclean
./Allwmake

That's it, you should now have ParaView 5 compiled with OpenFOAM readers