[zxzx]

Downloading ParaView-5.4.0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:06 --:--:--     0curl: (7) Failed to connect to www.paraview.org port 443: Connection timed out
Download unsuccessful
ParaView download failed.  Re-run to retry download

usage: makeParaView [OPTION] [CMAKE-OPTION]
options:
  -rebuild          for repeated builds (-make -install) *use with caution*
  -mesa             with mesa (if not already enabled)
  -mpi              with mpi (if not already enabled)
  -python           with python (if not already enabled)
  -cmake PATH       with the cmake version corresponding to the cmake path given
  -qmake PATH       with the Qt version corresponding to the qmake path given
  -qt               with extra Qt gui support (if not already enabled)
  -qt-VER           with Qt version corresponding to
                        $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/qt-VER/bin/qmake
  -gcc              force g++ instead of the value from $WM_CXX
  -verbose          verbose output in Makefiles
  -version VER      specify an alternative version (current value: 5.4.0)
  -major   VER      specify an alternative major version for special builds
  -mesa-include DIR
                    location of mesa headers (current value: /usr/include/GL)
  -mesa-lib PATH    path to mesa library     (current value: /usr/lib64/libOSMesa.so)
  -python-lib PATH  path to python library   (current value: none)
  -help

The -no-FEATURE option can be disable these features (if not already disabled):
  mesa mpi python qt

CMake options start with a capital letter and contain an '='.
For example,
    makeParaView BUILD_TESTING=ON
to add tests

For finer control, the build stages can be selected or deselected individually:
  -config    -no-config
  -make      -no-make
  -install   -no-install


* Make and install paraview-5.4.0 located under
      $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/ParaView-5.4.0
  ->  $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-5.4.0

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: It's been almost a month, so I'm a bit late to answer to this, however if you haven't solved your problem yet, please try the following commands, after you have activated/loaded the OpenFOAM environment:

cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
mkdir download
wget -P download http://www.paraview.org/files/v5.4/ParaView-v5.4.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf download/ParaView-v5.4.0.tar.gz --transform='s/ParaView-v5.4.0/ParaView-5.4.0/'

1. This first command will go into the ThirdParty directory.
2. The second one will create the "download" directory.
3. The third will try to do the download once again.
4. The fourth will unpack the downloaded source code package... although it is assuming the package was downloaded successfully.

[redbullah]

Hi, this is a year old reply but the same problem is also encountered while following the instructions here:
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...u#Ubuntu_16.04
It might be helpful to edit steps accordingly in the wiki page.
Regards.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer @redbullah: Many thanks for the feedback! I've added the "curl" package to the list of packages that should be installed, for both the 5.x and 6 instructions at openfoamwiki.net. Hopefully that solves the issue on Ubuntu 16.04.

I'm assuming that the reason why it didn't work for you was because the ParaView source code package was not being downloaded properly, due to curl not being installed... although if it did still fail to download with curl installed, please let me/us know.