[mishaparem]

Hello all.


I've been trying to build paraview for the past week (on and off, before and after work). I cannot for the life of me build paraView - it wants Qt5, but my linux doesn't have a qt5 repo, so I thought it would be a great idea to build qt5 from source as well.

Well... I was able to build Qt5.13, but ./makeParaView wants Qt5X11Extras, and this si where I'm stuck. No matter how I try to build the Qt5X11Extras, I fail with:

ERROR: Feature 'xcb' was enabled, but the pre-condition 'features.thread && features.xkbcommon && libs.xcb' failed.

I've installed all the X11 requirements listed on the Qt5.13 page, I've Googled for the past couple of days and tried everything I could find to try to make it build, but it just won't budge.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!



Best regards,


Misha

[wyldckat]

Quick question: Which Linux Distribution are you using and which version?

[mishaparem]

Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
4.19.0-kali4-amd64 x86_64

also an update - I did find qt5 in the repos, but installing it,

sudo find / -name QtX11Extras.config

still shows nothing, and that's what I'm really after right now.

[gcengineer]

Originally Posted by mishaparem

Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
4.19.0-kali4-amd64 x86_64

also an update - I did find qt5 in the repos, but installing it,

sudo find / -name QtX11Extras.config

still shows nothing, and that's what I'm really after right now.

This is for Ubuntu 18.04, but it might help you anyway.

Qt5, OpenFOAM-7 and -v1906, and Ubuntu 18.04

[wyldckat]

Greetings to all!

Kali Linux is based on Debian, so gcengineer's post should indeed help here!

As for using Kali Linux... @mishaparem: Why are you using it?
Quoting from Kali's own documentation: https://docs.kali.org/introduction/s...use-kali-linux

Kali Linux is specifically geared to meet the requirements of professional penetration testing and security auditing.

If you keep reading that page, it goes on and on as to why you shouldn't be using it to run OpenFOAM on it...

In essence, it's not designed for conventional use as the main operating system in a workstation... it's a specialized Linux Distribution for a specific purpose!
What you're trying to do is as if you're trying to install OpenFOAM in a network router... it's an interesting challenge, but not exactly a productive one

If you want a good looking and easy to use Linux Distribution, the more popular one is Linux Mint, which should also be a lot easier to use! And is derived from Debian, so the installation instructions for building from source code on Ubuntu should work on Linux Mint as well!
And there are several other good looking and easy to use Linux Distributions!


But if you really want to challenge yourself, try a BSD based distribution... not a Linux based one

Best regards,
Bruno

[mishaparem]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings to all!

Kali Linux is based on Debian, so gcengineer's post should indeed help here!

As for using Kali Linux... @mishaparem: Why are you using it?
Quoting from Kali's own documentation: https://docs.kali.org/introduction/s...use-kali-linux

If you keep reading that page, it goes on and on as to why you shouldn't be using it to run OpenFOAM on it...

In essence, it's not designed for conventional use as the main operating system in a workstation... it's a specialized Linux Distribution for a specific purpose!
What you're trying to do is as if you're trying to install OpenFOAM in a network router... it's an interesting challenge, but not exactly a productive one

If you want a good looking and easy to use Linux Distribution, the more popular one is Linux Mint, which should also be a lot easier to use! And is derived from Debian, so the installation instructions for building from source code on Ubuntu should work on Linux Mint as well!
And there are several other good looking and easy to use Linux Distributions!


But if you really want to challenge yourself, try a BSD based distribution... not a Linux based one

Best regards,
Bruno

I already had Kali installed for other purposes. I've already considered installing Suse dual boot to work with OpenFOAM, but I wanted to try building it on Kali first. Ultimately it shouldn't matter which Linux or BSD foam runs on - I expect only the build process is affected by the platform.

P.s. I keep wanted to make the switch to OpenBSD, but laziness takes the better of me every time.

[wyldckat]

Quick note: I have no idea if the version of Kali you are using is similar enough to Ubuntu 18.04, but if it is, I've written step-by-step installation instructions here: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...7/Ubuntu/18.04

[mishaparem]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick note: I have no idea if the version of Kali you are using is similar enough to Ubuntu 18.04, but if it is, I've written step-by-step installation instructions here: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...7/Ubuntu/18.04

It is similar enough - I think this is the guide I followed initially, until makeParaView said it's expecting Qt5 not Qt4.

Originally Posted by gcengineer

This is for Ubuntu 18.04, but it might help you anyway.

https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/sh...d.php?t=219297

I didn't have time to dig into this, but I think it may do the trick. I'll try this week.