here is the output

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse

Looks to be ok...

Before we do anything else, try a simple

sudo apt-get update

and then, for 'cmake', 'firebird', 'build-essential' and 'flex', do

aptitude search NAME_OF_PACKAGE

to check if the missing packages are now available. (If aptitude is not installed, do sudo apt-get install aptitude)

[hamcer]

Good day for all foamers;

*I used ubuntu 8.10 system in my sony laptop, i done the script installation for OF-1.5 created by Jure (great Thanks), but when the script runs, I shown like these warning:
......
......
qchar.h:59: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:60: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:239: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:240: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:241: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:326: warning: type qualif: In member function 'bool
...
....
QPdfBaseEnginePrivate::openPrintDevice()':
painting/qpdf.cpp:1567: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1573: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1575: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1583: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
...
....


*2nd thing, I didn't show the Qt icons in the star menu

but when i run qtdemo, it works,
also the tutorials of OF examples worked well and, i can display the paraview to show them

I didn't know if my installation is complete !!

Thanks in advance for your help.

[hamcer]

Good day for all foamers;

*I used ubuntu 8.10 system in my sony laptop, i done the script installation for OF-1.5 created by Jure (great Thanks), but when the script runs, I shown like these warning:
......
......
qchar.h:59: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:60: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:239: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:240: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:241: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:326: warning: type qualif: In member function 'bool
...
....
QPdfBaseEnginePrivate::openPrintDevice()':
painting/qpdf.cpp:1567: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1573: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1575: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
painting/qpdf.cpp:1583: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
...
....


*2nd thing, I didn't show the Qt icons in the star menu

but when i run qtdemo, it works,
also the tutorials of OF examples worked well and, i can display the paraview to show them

I didn't know if my installation is complete !!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Your OpenFOAM installation is complete if the command

foamInstallationTest

displays no other errors than a possible conflict in gcc versions and / or failing to detect the availability of a remote shell.

Your ParaView / PV3FoamReader installation is complete if ParaView can properly open any OpenFOAM case (which, judging by your message, it does).

So congratulations on successfully getting it to work!

[hamcer]

hi Jure !
Thanks for your script

but when I run foamInstallationTest , it crashed , I didn't know the Pb.

Thanks again

[hamcer]

hi!

Now I know: when i type ". foamInstallationTest "it crashed (with point); without point "foamInstallationTest" it works normaly; but, I have error
FATAL ERROR : No remote shell available,

Can I ignored it?. else what the solution

Please read my post again.

[hamcer]

hi! Jure.
Sorry for my quik sends.
if I understood, I can ignore this error, since I am the only user.

ThanKs.

[jnattia]

Jure,

As a new Ubuntu and Linux user thanks a lot for this script. it's great. I ran it on ubuntu 8.04 but encountered a few issues and was hoping to get some advice from yourself or any of the other Linux experts here:

1. I ran script #2 and entered answers and passwords as needed by the script but noticed that during running it said "at line 83: home/.../OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/bashrc permission denied". not sure if that's the cause of installation failure. foamInstallationTest tells me FATAL ERROR: environment not configured.

2. the OpenFOAM folder created by the script is protected as a root permission only folder. so i'm unable to even remove things to re-run the script on a clean system.

3. I re-ran script #2 onto the old installation but got the same errors.

4. when i try to access the bashrc file under etc in the OpenFOAM folder i find it completely empty.

5. the baffling issue also, is that when i start a terminal i get this error before even the prompt: "bash: /home/joe/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/bashrc: Permission denied" ????

the rest of the builds seem to have worked fine.

I know all of the above could be very basic issues but i'd appreciate any help.

regards,
Joseph

Did you run any of the scripts as root?

[jnattia]

No. do i need to? my sudo commands are working.

[feymark]

You should not install OF as root. But if you need to add some packages via apt-get these will require root password.

[jnattia]

I provided the root password when script asked for it.

You wrote:

---
2. the OpenFOAM folder created by the script is protected as a root permission only folder. so i'm unable to even remove things to re-run the script on a clean system.
---

This happens only if the script is run as root...

Anyway, to solve this, try

cd
sudo chown -R joe:joe OpenFOAM

[jnattia]

Jure,

this is great. thanks.
Problems 2, 4 and 5 are now gone. but still foamInstallationTest gives me a FATAL ERROR.

thanks
Joe

[jnattia]

should i remove this OpenFOAM dir created by the script and re-run it?

[maruthamuthu_venkatraman]

Hello Joseph,
I have some problems while installing OpenFoam Script and have to rerun againdue to improper paraview installation. I deleted both OpenFoam folder and also "src" directory.

After running the Script, then all works fine No worries till now...

May be it answers your Query.

Regards

[jnattia]

Thanks everyone for the help.

Works just fine now.

[schneemann]

Hi,
I'm an absolute newbi on linux and i need to install OpenFoam on my computer.
I already have installed Ubuntu 8.10.
But I don't really know how to use the skript above.
Can you tell me how to make it run, please?

Thanks for your help.