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Old   July 29, 2017, 17:25
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Hi,

I just would like to install Gmsh tool from the source code on Ubuntu and having some issue with it. I have downloaded Gmsh 3.0.4 from the following link http://gmsh.info/src/ and when I followed the instructions as below, I was not able to install it. I have Cmake installed in my system.

Code:

  (Note that "make install/fast" allows you to install only the target that you
  just built, i.e. "lib", and will not trigger the recompilation of the default
  target "gmsh".)

* To see a detailed compilation log use

    make VERBOSE=1


Build Gmsh using CMake's graphical user interface
-------------------------------------------------

* Launch CMake and fill-in the two top input fields (telling where the Gmsh
  source directory is located and where you want the Gmsh binary to be created).

* Click on "Add entry" and define the variable CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, of type
  "PATH", pointing to the location(s) of any external package(s) (FLTK,
  BLAS/LAPACK, etc.) installed in non-standard directories.

* Click on "Configure" and choose your compiler.

* Optionally change some configuration options (re-run "Configure" every time
  you change some options).

* Once you are happy with all the configuration options, click on "Generate".

* Go to the build directory and build Gmsh using your chosen compiler.
Did anyone install Gmsh from the source could provide some help. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.

Thanks for the help.
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Old   August 1, 2017, 15:23
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Hi,

The installation on Ubuntu requires the following steps;

1- Extract the file.
2- Open the terminal and locate where you extracted Gmsh.
3- type in the terminal cmake CMakeLists and wait till the installation finishes.
4- After finishing step 3, type in the terminal make.
5- Once step 4 is done, type sudo make install.

Note
that you must have cmake already installed in your system and you should be good to go!

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Sorry this is an old thread, but I am facing an issue with launching gmsh GUI after successful installation.

For some reason, the Ubuntu Software lists very old version of gmsh (2.10.0) which does not have Boolean features. I need to use boolean operations so I wanted to upgrade to latest 3.0.6 version. apt-get upgrade didn't work. So I decided to do a clean install from source code.

gmsh --version gives me this:
Code:
3.0.6
...so I know that it has installed correctly.


However if I type in gmsh in the terminal, it doesn't open the GUI. Instead it gives me an output of
Code:
gmsh -help
Why? How do I launch gmsh?

The system has Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and gmsh is being installed in /opt/gmsh

Anyone knows what the issue could be?
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To build gmsh from source with GUI support, FLTK should be installed.
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Thanks for your quick reply.



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To build gmsh from source with GUI support, FLTK should be installed.
I just installed.

Code:
locate libfltk
gives me a list of locations-files.
Code:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.so.1.3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk_gl.so.1.3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk_images.so.1.3
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-gl1.3
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-images1.3
/usr/share/doc/libfltk1.3
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-gl1.3/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-gl1.3/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-gl1.3/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-gl1.3/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-images1.3/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-images1.3/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-images1.3/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk-images1.3/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libfltk1.3/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libfltk1.3/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk1.3/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libfltk1.3/copyright
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-gl1.3:amd64.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-gl1.3:amd64.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-gl1.3:amd64.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-gl1.3:amd64.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-gl1.3:amd64.triggers
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-images1.3:amd64.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-images1.3:amd64.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-images1.3:amd64.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-images1.3:amd64.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk-images1.3:amd64.triggers
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk1.3:amd64.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk1.3:amd64.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk1.3:amd64.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk1.3:amd64.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libfltk1.3:amd64.triggers
Will I need to remove and recompile gmsh now?
Update: Okay. I did anyway. Still no GUI. Just the same help options printed in terminal window.

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Sorry this is an old thread, but I am facing an issue with launching gmsh GUI after successful installation.

For some reason, the Ubuntu Software lists very old version of gmsh (2.10.0) which does not have Boolean features. I need to use boolean operations so I wanted to upgrade to latest 3.0.6 version. apt-get upgrade didn't work. So I decided to do a clean install from source code.

I find this extremely weird:
Code:
dpkg --list
shows me older version of gmsh (2.10) which I had removed from Ubuntu Software itself. But it doesn't show me the latest installed version 3.0.6.


Code:
rc  gmsh           2.10.1+dfsg1 amd64        Three-dimensional finite element 
ii  gmsh-doc       2.10.1+dfsg1 all          Three-dimensional finite element
I have no idea what's going on here.
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Please post output of
Code:
cmake ..
in path-to-gmsh-source/build.
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Please post output of
Code:
cmake ..
in path-to-gmsh-source/build.

I am installing gmsh in /opt/gmsh and source directory is in Downloads so it's not exactly source-directory/build location. But here's the output:


Code:
-- Found 64Bit
-- Found C++11
-- A library with BLAS API not found. Please specify library location.
-- Warning: Could not find Blas or Lapack: most meshing algorithms will not be functional
-- Found Mesh
-- Found Solver
-- Found Post
-- Found Plugins
-- Found Parser
-- Could NOT find FLTK (missing:  FLTK_LIBRARIES) 
-- Found NativeFileChooser
-- Found ONELAB
-- Found ONELABMetamodel
-- System ANN not found: using contrib/ANN instead
-- Found Ann
-- Found Bfgs
-- Found DIntegration
-- Found OptHom
-- Found Kbipack
-- Found GMP
-- Found MathEx
-- Found Metis
-- Note: By including Metis you have to comply with Metis' special licensing requirements stated in contrib/Metis/README.txt.
-- Found Chaco
-- Found TetGen/BR
-- Found Voro3D
-- Found Blossom
-- Found Netgen
-- Found Bamg
-- System MMG3D not found: using contrib/mmg3d instead
-- Found Mmg3d
-- Found Tetgen1.5
-- Note: By including Tetgen you have to comply with Tetgen's special licensing requirements stated in contrib/Tetgen1.5/LICENSE.
-- Could NOT find HDF5 (missing:  HDF5_LIBRARIES HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS) 
-- HDF5 not found
-- System GMM not found: using contrib/gmm instead
-- Found Gmm
-- Found OpenCASCADE version 6.8.0 in /usr/include/oce
CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1139 (message):
  Gmsh requires OpenCASCADE >= 6.9.1


CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1140 (message):
  Use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or the CASROOT environment variable to explicitely
  specify the installation path of OpenCASCADE


-- Found Dlopen
-- Found LinuxJoystick
-- 
-- Gmsh 3.0.6 has been configured for Linux64
-- 
--  * Build options: 64Bit Ann Bamg Bfgs Blossom C++11 Chaco DIntegration Dlopen GMP Gmm Kbipack LinuxJoystick MathEx Mesh Metis Mmg3d NativeFileChooser Netgen ONELAB ONELABMetamodel OptHom Parser Plugins Post Solver TetGen/BR Tetgen1.5 Voro3D
--  * Build type: RelWithDebInfo
--  * C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
--  * C++ compiler: /usr/bin/c++
--  * Install prefix: /usr/local
-- 
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /opt/gmsh3.0.6
Interesting.. it says it could not find fltk libraries. What now?
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cmake says

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Could NOT find FLTK (missing: FLTK_LIBRARIES)
I suppose you followed standard "configure, make and make install" for FLTK. Can you run "sudo ldconfig" and try "cmake .." to see if FLTK libraries are found.
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cmake says



I suppose you followed standard "configure, make and make install" for FLTK. Can you run "sudo ldconfig" and try "cmake .." to see if FLTK libraries are found.

Nope. cmake output is still same..
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Please delete CMakeCache.txt and try again. If it fails again please show output of "whereis fltk-config" and CMakeCache.txt.
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Please delete CMakeCache.txt and try again. If it fails again please show output of "whereis fltk-config" and CMakeCache.txt.
Alright! That seems to have worked.
Code:
-- Looking for sys/types.h
-- Looking for sys/types.h - found
-- Looking for stdint.h
-- Looking for stdint.h - found
-- Looking for stddef.h
-- Looking for stddef.h - found
-- Check size of void*
-- Check size of void* - done
-- Found 64Bit
-- Performing Test STDCXX11
-- Performing Test STDCXX11 - Success
-- Found C++11
-- Looking for pthread.h
-- Looking for pthread.h - found
-- Looking for pthread_create
-- Looking for pthread_create - not found
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads - not found
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread - found
-- Found Threads: TRUE  
-- A library with BLAS API not found. Please specify library location.
-- Warning: Could not find Blas or Lapack: most meshing algorithms will not be functional
-- Found Mesh
-- Found Solver
-- Found Post
-- Found Plugins
-- Found Parser
-- Found OpenGL: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so  
-- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so
-- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so - found
-- Looking for gethostbyname
-- Looking for gethostbyname - found
-- Looking for connect
-- Looking for connect - found
-- Looking for remove
-- Looking for remove - found
-- Looking for shmat
-- Looking for shmat - found
-- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE
-- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE - found
-- Found X11: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so
-- Could NOT find FLTK (missing:  FLTK_LIBRARIES) 
-- Found NativeFileChooser
-- Found ONELAB
-- Found ONELABMetamodel
-- System ANN not found: using contrib/ANN instead
-- Found Ann
-- Found Bfgs
-- Found DIntegration
-- Found OptHom
-- Found Kbipack
-- Found GMP
-- Found MathEx
-- Found Metis
-- Note: By including Metis you have to comply with Metis' special licensing requirements stated in contrib/Metis/README.txt.
-- Found Chaco
-- Found TetGen/BR
-- Found Voro3D
-- Found Blossom
-- Found Netgen
-- Found Bamg
-- System MMG3D not found: using contrib/mmg3d instead
-- Found Mmg3d
-- Found Tetgen1.5
--  Note: By including Tetgen you have to comply with Tetgen's special  licensing requirements stated in contrib/Tetgen1.5/LICENSE.
-- Could NOT find HDF5 (missing:  HDF5_LIBRARIES HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS) 
-- HDF5 not found
-- System GMM not found: using contrib/gmm instead
-- Found Gmm
-- Found OpenCASCADE version 6.8.0 in /usr/include/oce
CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1139 (message):
  Gmsh requires OpenCASCADE >= 6.9.1


CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1140 (message):
  Use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or the CASROOT environment variable to explicitely
  specify the installation path of OpenCASCADE


-- Looking for vsnprintf
-- Looking for vsnprintf - found
-- Looking for sys/socket.h
-- Looking for sys/socket.h - found
-- Check size of socklen_t
-- Check size of socklen_t - done
-- Check size of intptr_t
-- Check size of intptr_t - done
-- Looking for dlfcn.h
-- Looking for dlfcn.h - found
-- Found Dlopen
-- Looking for linux/joystick.h
-- Looking for linux/joystick.h - found
-- Found LinuxJoystick
-- Performing Test WALL
-- Performing Test WALL - Success
-- Performing Test WCAST
-- Performing Test WCAST - Failed
-- Performing Test WDEPREC
-- Performing Test WDEPREC - Success
-- Performing Test WIND
-- Performing Test WIND - Failed
-- Performing Test NOWARN
-- Performing Test NOWARN - Success
-- Performing Test NOOPT
-- Performing Test NOOPT - Success
-- 
-- Gmsh 3.0.6 has been configured for Linux64
-- 
--   * Build options: 64Bit Ann Bamg Bfgs Blossom C++11 Chaco DIntegration  Dlopen GMP Gmm Kbipack LinuxJoystick MathEx Mesh Metis Mmg3d  NativeFileChooser Netgen ONELAB ONELABMetamodel OptHom Parser Plugins  Post Solver TetGen/BR Tetgen1.5 Voro3D
--  * Build type: RelWithDebInfo
--  * C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
--  * C++ compiler: /usr/bin/c++
--  * Install prefix: /usr/local
-- 
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /opt/gmsh3.0.6
Nonetheless I ran this
Code:
whereis fltk-config
and I get the following
Code:
fltk-config:
So still weird things exist. Also the warnings about BLAS etc still remain to be resolved.
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What do you mean with "it worked"? Output says

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Could NOT find FLTK (missing: FLTK_LIBRARIES)
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Oh my mistake. I did not notice that line for some reason. I was wondering why this cmake output is longer than the previous..
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At least it is known that problem is due to cmake not finding fltk libraries. Once its found GUI should work. I am curious why you want to build from source but not use binary distribution.
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At least it is known that problem is due to cmake not finding fltk libraries. Once its found GUI should work. I am curious why you want to build from source but not use binary distribution.

Well simply because am a Windows-to-Linux guy and not very familiar with how things work. The binary zip file from gmsh.info did not have any makefiles in it. Just an application in bin which when clicked didn't do anything. So looked for alternatives..
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I see. You can open terminal and do "./gmsh" in the bin directory.
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I see. You can open terminal and do "./gmsh" in the bin directory.

Okay. This opens gmsh but any given geometry looks all messed up. The same files opened perfectly well in previous version 2.10.
I believe that's something to do with the warnings we saw earlier in the cmake log?


Edit: Even the gmsh icon looks distorted..
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I my case both source and binary versions work good. You probably need to separate questions and ask them one by one on stackoverflow. They would give much better answers to you.
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Okay I'll do that and I'll update once its resolved.

Thank you for sticking around patiently.
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