[aran]

FIXED: I changed

sudo add-apt-repository http://download.openfoam.org/ubuntu

to

sudo add-apt-repository deb http://download.openfoam.org/ubuntu xenial main

Hi!
I am using linux mint 18 and I am trying to add the openfoam source repo to my sources repository list but I am unable to do so! I have tried adding it via the cli and the software manager interface and nothing has happened.

and when I add the http://download.openfoam.org/ubuntu manually to sources.list, apt refuses to update claiming a malformed line error.

sudo apt-get update
E: Malformed line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

P.S: I did enable universe repositories

[Edison_Ge]

How did you managed to get the repositories? I have linux mint as well but can't install OpenFOAM 4.0. Did you manged installing it using the ubuntu repo?

[aran]

Hey Edison,

I was using linux mint 18 and I couldn't get it to work with whatever instructions were given on the CFD.Direct site. So I installed openfoam 4 on ubuntu xenial and checked the sources list. I then used that entry in the ubuntu sources list for the linux mint sources list.

This is the command I ran in Linux mint 18:-

 sudo add-apt-repository deb http://download.openfoam.org/ubuntu xenial main

After this follow the openfoam install instructions from CFD.Direct. The only problem is that everytime I update linux mint it gives me a key error for the repository, but I just ignore that.

[wyldckat]

Quick note: Regarding the key error, the fix for it is in the official installation instructions: http://openfoam.org/download/4-0-ubuntu/ - and I quote:

1. [...]and to add the public key (gpg.key) for the repository to enable package signatures to be verified.

#...
sudo sh -c "wget -O - http://dl.openfoam.org/gpg.key | apt-key add -"

The last line is the one that will add the key.

[Edison_Ge]

Originally Posted by aran

Hey Edison,

I was using linux mint 18 and I couldn't get it to work with whatever instructions were given on the CFD.Direct site. So I installed openfoam 4 on ubuntu xenial and checked the sources list. I then used that entry in the ubuntu sources list for the linux mint sources list.

This is the command I ran in Linux mint 18:-

 sudo add-apt-repository deb http://download.openfoam.org/ubuntu xenial main

After this follow the openfoam install instructions from CFD.Direct. The only problem is that everytime I update linux mint it gives me a key error for the repository, but I just ignore that.

Thax aran, I will try it.