openFOAM installation in ubuntu 11.10
 

hi in previous version of ubuntu i had i.e 10.04 i could able to install openfoam easily
but in ubuntu 11.10 i first tried to install thro ubuntu deb pack installation wen i put wget like to fetch the software i fails it show like the link doesnt exist. so i again tried with source pack installation.

1. i have use ubuntu 11.10 64 bit platform
2. i install all the prerequestive files
3. i download the source pack file given in that website
4. i extracted tar file into my root directory /opt/OpenFOAM
5. then in home directory i /.bashrc file i pasted the following line at last
# source /opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.0/etc/bashrc
6. i save the file and close it
7. when i type foamSystemCheck i get as "command not found"


can u help me to sought out this problem .

Greetings kirubhakaran,

For the deb package for Ubuntu, start reading here: http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=410#c1013

As for the source package, do not install OpenFOAM directly on "/opt" until you have enough experience. Simply follow the instructions provided in the page for the source package and install OpenFOAM on your user area at "$HOME/OpenFOAM".

Best regards,
Bruno

installation
 

kirubha@kirubha-AcerPower-Series:~$ sudo apt-get install openfoam210 --fix-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
openfoam210 is already the newest version.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libjpeg62-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

with regards
kirubhakaran

Hi Kirubhakaran,

It's already installed! See the line in bold:
Best regards,
Bruno

OpenFOAM have updated the link now for Deb pack Ubuntu, now you can try :)

Hi,

can you post your ~.bashrc (only the lines that are responsible for OpenFoam)

do the OpenFoam shortcuts work properly? Try
foam
tut
sol

I guess that you did not configure your .bashrc.