[manle0312]

Hello all,
I pulled the source codes for openFoam and Third-party here:
https://github.com/OpenFOAM
I picked the non dev version, so OpenFOAM-9 and ThirdParty-9. My system is Arch Linux.

I installed OpenFOAM successfully (compile + source the path in bashrc) This is because I tested with the lid driven cavity case and blockMesh + icoFOAM command works and I do have some data files, ready to plot.

For ThirdParty-9, I also compile successfully by following:

https://openfoam.org/download/source...arty-software/

After installation, I am able to type "paraview" and Paraview launches.

Now, OpenFOAM also comes with paraFoam command. When I type "paraFoam", I got error saying "official reader for OpenFOAM does not exist on your system". It also prompts me to try

paraFoam -built in

.

When I tried

paraFoam -built in

, paraView launches. Is

paraFoam

supposed to launch paraView? Not sure why it works with the suggested

paraFoam -builtin

and not a normal

paraFoam

.

I use the

which

command on both paraFoam and paraview, and I do have both of them on my system. They are just at different locations.


Any help is appreciated.

[olesen]

https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-w...n-should-i-use
https://develop.openfoam.com/Develop...raview-plugins

[lxufeishi]

Hello,

After loading the openFoam environment, check the paraview directory:

echo $ParaView_DIR

Make sure your paraview is installed in the same path.
Otherwise, make a soft link from your installation path (probably in ThirdParty-9/build/.../paraview.../) to $ParaView_LIB_DIR:

ln -s YOUR_PATH $ParaView_LIB_DIR

Then you can use paraFoam

Cheers,