[CHagen]

I am new to both ubuntu and openfoam. I followed the instructions found on the open foam website here

http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php

The following is what happened up to step 2

step 1

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo sh -c "echo deb http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu $VERS main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list"

step2

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2) trusty InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2) trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2) trusty/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2) trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2) trusty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Ign http://www.openfoam.org trusty InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://www.openfoam.org trusty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Ign http://www.openfoam.org trusty Release
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [59.7 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [336 kB]
Err http://www.openfoam.org trusty/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://www.openfoam.org trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.openfoam.org trusty/main Translation-en
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [5,820 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [208 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 611 kB in 5s (107 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubu...amd64/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Being new this all seems pretty cryptic. The "Installation issues" section on the link above doesnt seem to provide an answer as it gives the same result. I was hoping someone could give some direction.

[alexeym]

Hi,

here's a quote from the site:

OpenFOAM and Paraview are currently available for the following versions of Ubuntu:

12.04 LTS, codename precise
12.10, codename quantal
13.04, codename raring
13.10, codename saucy

so "cryptic"

W: Failed to fetch http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubu...amd64/Packages 404 Not Found

just means "there's no binary distribution for 14.04". I guess you should go with Source Pack installation (or maybe binary from 13.10 will work, in this case you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list so it points to 13.10 debs)

[peteryuan]

nope, i tried that, using "saucy" in the .list file,
paraviewopenfoam could be installed, and openfoam230 could be found, but it says

openfoam230 : Depends: libboost-thread1.53.0 but it is not installable
               Depends: libopenmpi1.3 but it is not installable

I checked that in synaptic, ubuntu already has the latest version of the two.
so i guess the source build is the best solution.
by the way, isn't the git version better to be played with anyway??

[alexeym]

Originally Posted by peteryuan

by the way, isn't the git version better to be played with anyway??

It depends. If you need to play, use whatever version you'd like, if you need to run simulations that can be reproduced by others in general it is better to use release version.

[CHagen]

I havent installed Ubuntu yet so I could always just get one of the versions listed. No that part wasnt cryptic just over looked. Thanks for pointing that out Ill give it another try today.