CFD Online Discussion Forums - [OpenFOAM] How to use paraFoam on a cluster

Dear foamers,

I would like to use the paraFoam command on a cluster. I connect my computer on it with an ssh connection. The cluster has paraview installed, so I can run paraview on the terminal and the program is launched.

What I can do to read my files on the cluster is to create a case.foam as wyldckat said on another topic:

Quote:

touch case.foam

and then open it on paraview.

What I would like to do is to get in the folder on the terminal, and just type paraFoam and it would automatically open the simulation. Maybe if I write an "alias paraFoam" in the bashrc?

Here is the response of the terminal when I type paraFoam:

Code:

[andreasgg@hmem00 36cpx12]$ paraFoam 



FATAL ERROR: ParaView reader module libraries do not exist



Please build the reader module before continuing:

cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers

./Allwclean

./Allwmake

Then I build the reader module:

Code:

[andreasgg@hmem00 36cpx12]$ cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers

[andreasgg@hmem00 PV3Readers]$ ./Allwclean

+ wclean libso vtkPV3Readers

wclean vtkPV3Readers

+ PV3blockMeshReader/Allwclean

+ rm -f '/usr/local/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libPV3blockMeshReader*'

+ rm -rf PV3blockMeshReader/Make

+ wclean libso vtkPV3blockMesh

wclean vtkPV3blockMesh

+ PV3FoamReader/Allwclean

+ rm -f '/usr/local/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libPV3FoamReader*'

+ rm -rf PV3FoamReader/Make

+ wclean libso vtkPV3Foam

wclean vtkPV3Foam

[andreasgg@hmem00 PV3Readers]$ ./Allwmake

+ '[' -d /usr/local/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/paraview-3.10.1 -a -r /usr/local/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/paraview-3.10.1 ']'

But still paraFoam doesn't work, the same response is given… Any advice would be appreciated :-)

Thanks,
Regards,
Andreas