[sukye]

Question:
Where to find rpm file of gcc4.3 or 4.4?

I am installing 2.1.0 on CentOS 5 with yum-updated gcc 4.1.2.

The error messages include

mpi.h: No such file or directory

It's mentioned in
http://www.openfoam.org/download/git.php
that gcc-4.4.? is recommended but gcc-4.3.? is sufficient.

[sukye]

and how to set the environment?

export WM_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc44

is it all?

[wyldckat]

Greetings sukye and welcome to the forum!

Since you have CentOS, then it's best/easier for you to use CentFOAM: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...itle=Main_Page

Best regards,
Bruno

[sukye]

Thank you Bruno. You are always so helpful.

When I run python centFOAM.py --netgen, here is the error

adding netgen-4.9.14-svn to .bashrc file for user running the script
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "centFOAM.py", line 338, in ?
    main()
  File "centFOAM.py", line 312, in main
    installNetgen(options.path, "4.9.14-svn",rel)
  File "centFOAM.py", line 135, in installNetgen
    writeStartNetgen(path, package, "netgen")
  File "centFOAM.py", line 39, in writeStartNetgen
    fileHandle = open ( fileName , 'w' )
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/sukye/centFOAM//netgen-4.9.14-svn/bin/start_netgen'

Should I run --yum first, then --paraview etc. one by one?

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings sukye and welcome to the forum!

Since you have CentOS, then it's best/easier for you to use CentFOAM: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...itle=Main_Page

Best regards,
Bruno

[wyldckat]

Hi sukye,

Unfortunately I don't know the answer, but Linnemann should know the answer, since he's the one who has developed CentFOAM. In the mean time, you can read the following threads and perhaps ask again in the second one:

• Here you should find problems and solutions that others have had with CentFOAM: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...-released.html
• Here is where it might be best to ask: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...-x-6-x-up.html

Best regards,
Bruno

[sukye]

Thank you Bruno,

Here are steps I have made:
1. sudo python centFOAM.py --yum
(yum only install 4.1.2 instead of 4.3 required by OF)
2. python centFOAM.py --nonOF
3. python centFOAM.py --OF21
(double slashes (incorrectly?):
installing OpenFOAM-2.1.0 to /home/sujian/centFOAM//OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.0
Folder does not exist, now creating if possible)
Any further steps to complete the compilation?

When
~/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.0>./Allwmake
It says:
./Allwmake: line 4: wmakeCheckPwd: command not found
Error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
but actually:
>echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR ~/centFOAM/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.0


Thanks.

[linnemann]

No need to compile when using CentFOAM it is already compiled for you.

[sukye]

Thank you Linnemann.

But blockMesh and other functions do not work.

Originally Posted by linnemann

No need to compile when using CentFOAM it is already compiled for you.

[linnemann]

you have to source the OF environment.

So open a new terminal as the user who installed OF and type OF21

that will source the OF environment using an alias to the OpenFOAM bashrc file.

you can see the alias in your $HOME/.bashrc file of the user who installed using the centFOAM script.

[sukye]

I followed your instruction and it works! Thank you Linnemann!

[wyldckat]

Greetings to all!

@Linnemann: sukye had problems using paraFoam - which you do indeed describe about on the wiki:

Originally Posted by sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/centfoam/index.php?title=Main_Page

To use Paraview with the new reader just create an empty file in your case folder "touch casename.foam" and open this file using Paraview.

Anyway, here is another hack for using paraFoam: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...tml#post359479 post #21

Best regards,
Bruno