Problem with sourcing environmental variables

nickninevah · May 23, 2009, 19:13

Hi all,

Someone please come to my rescue. I'm trying to install OpenFOAM, but for some reason, the environmental variables are not recognized. I'm using SUSE 11.1 I downloaded the latest version of OpenFOAM from git. And I added the following lines to my .bashrc file:

Code:

#source for environmental variables of openFOAM
$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

I then sourced the edited .bashrc file. But when I check to see if any of the variables are there, nothing shows up. See the following code as an example. (I included the $HOME variable to prove that it does work in a general sense.)

Code:

nicholas@linux-jgui:~> source .bashrc
nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $HOME
/home/nicholas
nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $FOAM_INST_DIR

nicholas@linux-jgui:~>

Which you can guess that since this doesn't work, nothing else works either. Any help on this, please. And I'm a bright fresh linux user. So please feel free to explain everything simply and in complete detail. Thanks again for all the help.

gwierink · May 24, 2009, 03:22

Hi Nicholas,

There is a dot missing in your sourcíng line in bashrc. Now it is

Code:

$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

and it should be

Code:

 . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc

Note the ".".

Regards,

Gijsbert

nickninevah · May 25, 2009, 12:15

Thanks for that. It's always the little things that are hard to find.

May 23, 2009, 19:13	Problem with sourcing environmental variables	#1
nickninevah New Member Nicholas Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 10	Hi all, Someone please come to my rescue. I'm trying to install OpenFOAM, but for some reason, the environmental variables are not recognized. I'm using SUSE 11.1 I downloaded the latest version of OpenFOAM from git. And I added the following lines to my .bashrc file: Code: #source for environmental variables of openFOAM $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc I then sourced the edited .bashrc file. But when I check to see if any of the variables are there, nothing shows up. See the following code as an example. (I included the $HOME variable to prove that it does work in a general sense.) Code: nicholas@linux-jgui:~> source .bashrc nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $HOME /home/nicholas nicholas@linux-jgui:~> echo $FOAM_INST_DIR nicholas@linux-jgui:~> Which you can guess that since this doesn't work, nothing else works either. Any help on this, please. And I'm a bright fresh linux user. So please feel free to explain everything simply and in complete detail. Thanks again for all the help.

May 24, 2009, 03:22		#2
gwierink Senior Member Gijsbert Wierink Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 383 Rep Power: 11	Hi Nicholas, There is a dot missing in your sourcíng line in bashrc. Now it is Code: $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc and it should be Code: . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5.x/etc/bashrc Note the ".". Regards, Gijsbert

May 25, 2009, 12:15	Thanks	#3
nickninevah New Member Nicholas Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 10	Thanks for that. It's always the little things that are hard to find.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ATTN ALL: SOLUTON TO UDF COMPILE PROBLEM	Rizwan	Fluent UDF and Scheme Programming	38	June 2, 2017 04:23
ADDITIONAL VARIABLES LIMITERS	N.P	CFX	5	December 1, 2011 08:47
Adiabatic and Rotating wall (Convection problem)	ParodDav	CFX	5	April 29, 2007 19:13
Problem in Tutorial problem of fluent	Phanindra	FLUENT	5	April 17, 2007 09:57
problem with using colocated code	Jack	Main CFD Forum	0	December 15, 2002 01:15