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Old   May 25, 2010, 03:27
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Hi, I was try to install OpenFOAM 1.6.x on the Reahat server. There is some difficuities during compiling, so I was think if it is possible to move the one I have compiled on my own Fedora server to this Redhat server.

I use the pack toos in the OpenFOAM bin fold, and copy to the new machine, unpack, but there is a error message, like this
"ELF files OS ABI invalid"
But when I download the packed files of OPenFOAM 1.6, unpack, and it works. So I don't know why my packed files did not work.
Can any one help me?
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Old   May 25, 2010, 03:31
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What version of Red Hat?

Using Red Hat is a pain (at least I find it painful compared to SUSE/openSUSE). The easy way to have a working version of OpenFOAM on RHEL is to
  • Use the ThirdParty package provided by OpenCFD.
  • Recompile from source (take the source from the git repository, since they contain many fixes).
  • Pay attention that the directory "ThirdParty-1.6" must be renamed to "ThirdParty-1.6.x" if you use the source from git instead than the one from the website.
You probably don't need to compile paraview on a server, so you avoid some trouble.

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Red Hat 5.3.
Yeah, I don't need paraView on it.
As it is a very important server, I need the permission to install or update some new parts, like git.
So I was thinking to move the one on the Fedora server to this server.

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What version of Red Hat?

Using Red Hat is a pain (at least I find it painful compared to SUSE/openSUSE). The easy way to have a working version of OpenFOAM on RHEL is to
  • Use the ThirdParty package provided by OpenCFD.
  • Recompile from source (take the source from the git repository, since they contain many fixes).
  • Pay attention that the directory "ThirdParty-1.6" must be renamed to "ThirdParty-1.6.x" if you use the source from git instead than the one from the website.
You probably don't need to compile paraview on a server, so you avoid some trouble.

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To simply get the source code, you can use git on your workstation, and copy it on the server.

If you use the whole third-party package, with gcc, cmake and so on, you can also build OF on your machine, create a tar.gz, move it to the RH server and it's done.

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Thanks. I will try again.
I compiled OpenOFAM 1.6.x on my own workstation with system GCC, etc. And then copy to Red Hat server, there are some error.
You think this is the problem?
I will try use gcc of the ThirdParty fold.

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To simply get the source code, you can use git on your workstation, and copy it on the server.

If you use the whole third-party package, with gcc, cmake and so on, you can also build OF on your machine, create a tar.gz, move it to the RH server and it's done.

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