[KateEisenhower]

Hi guys,

Finally I managed to install OpenFOAM 2.3.0 following this guide:
http://matveichev.blogspot.fr/2014/0...m-on-os-x.html

However there are still a few questions left:
1) When I have started ParaView via typing "paraFoam" in the terminal, the cursor jumps to the next line, but the

usersmbp:~ mbp$

line is missing. Does this mean I cannot use the terminal while running ParaView? When I close ParaView the missing line reappears in terminal.

2) How do I start OpenFOAM after rebooting my MacBook Pro? Somehow the OpenFOAM folder is empty after rebooting. When I double-click on OpenFOAM.sparsebundle, a OpenFOAM ?disk image? appears on the desktop. It contains the folders which are normally in the OpenFOAM folder. But the cavity example still doesn't work.

3) How do I upgrade from OpenFOAM 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 for example?

Thanks a lot for your help,

Kate

[alexeym]

Hi,

1. You can not use terminal if paraview is running in foreground (well, terminal will echo everything you type but will not execute the commands). If you would like to use terminal after you started paraFoam use "paraFoam &" command. Ampersand will send paraview in background so you can continue to use terminal.

2. You have to use this command to mount disk image:

hdiutil attach -mountpoint $HOME/OpenFOAM OpenFOAM.sparsebundle

And then set up environment with

source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/etc/bashrc

In fact it is described in Post-configuration part of the post.

3. You do not upgrade 2.3.0 to 2.3.1. Either you install 2.3.1 along with 2.3.0, or you remove 2.3.0 and install 2.3.1. Patch for 2.3.1 can be found in this repository. In the wiki you will find updated guide for installation.

[KateEisenhower]

Thanks a lot for your help!

Originally Posted by alexeym

2. You have to use this command to mount disk image:

hdiutil attach -mountpoint $HOME/OpenFOAM OpenFOAM.sparsebundle

And then set up environment with

source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/etc/bashrc

In fact it is described in Post-configuration part of the post.

This works perfectly. Thank you! I think you mean the following code:

alias of2NM='hdiutil attach -quiet -mountpoint $HOME/OpenFOAM OpenFOAM.sparsebundle; sleep 1; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.N.M/etc/bashrc'

This didn't work for me. Is there any way to mount the disk image and set up the environment automatically after rebooting?

[alexeym]

Originally Posted by KateEisenhower

I think you mean the following code:

alias of2NM='hdiutil attach -quiet -mountpoint $HOME/OpenFOAM OpenFOAM.sparsebundle; sleep 1; source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.N.M/etc/bashrc'

This didn't work for me. Is there any way to mount the disk image and set up the environment automatically after rebooting?

This piece of code never worked for me also.

The way I set up the environment is described in https://github.com/mrklein/openfoam-...two-approaches.