[KangX1]

Dear foamers,

I try to install the foam-extend-3.1 on ubuntu 14.04 besides of231.
After compiling the foam extend with "Allwmake.firstInstall", I'm trying to run some test case. However, it always shows like "blockMesh: command not found".

So, what's the problem?

Thanks,

KangX1

[KangX1]

can anyone help...?

[ssss]

Did you include the alias for foamextend in your .bashrc file?

[KangX1]

Originally Posted by ssss

Did you include the alias for foamextend in your .bashrc file?

yes, I just follow tthe instruction of the foam extend installation guide. And source the bashrc in /etc. However, not any command can be found.

[wyldckat]

Greetings to all!

@KangX1: Then something very wrong happened while building foam-extend 3.1.

Please do the following steps, for diagnosing the problem:

1. Start a new terminal.
2. Run this command:
   

   echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR

   • If the command gave you nothing, then it's what we want.
   • If the command gave you something, then it probably will lead to confusion between the two versions. You will need to edit the file "~/.bashrc" and comment out any explicit lines that refer to OpenFOAM or foam-extend and that start with "source" or ".".
3. If the command gave you nothing, now run:
   

   fe31

   Then run the previous command again:
   

   echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR

   It should tell you the path to where foam-extend 3.1 is located.
4. If everything is going well so far, run:
   

   foam
   ./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1

5. Now run:
   

   which blockMesh

   • If it gives nothing or tells you that it can't find the file, then run:
     

     gzip < log.make > log.make.gz

     And attach the file "log.make.gz" to your next post.
   • If it tells you where blockMesh is located, then it's all OK.

As soon as we can see the contents of the file "log.make", it's possible to diagnose the problem.


Best regards,
Bruno

[KangX1]

I've tried the method above. Here's the log file.
Many Thanks,

[wyldckat]

Thanks, that makes it a lot easier to diagnose!

OK, first problem is that rpm is not installed. Did you install the suggested packages, as listed here: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...u#Ubuntu_14.04 - namely as explained in section "2.3 Ubuntu 14.04"?

The other errors are mostly related to the missing rpm installation, but the error related to blockMesh is because the package "libiberty-dev" is also not installed on your system.

Therefore, all indicates that the problem is that the necessary packages for building foam-extend are not yet installed in your system, as instructed in http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...u#Ubuntu_14.04

[KangX1]

It works!!!!!!!
Thannnnnnnks!!!

[Woj3x]

I have a similar problem as KangX1 so I tryed to use your solution but when I tryed to run Allwmake.firstInstall the terminal begins to run script but but it takes more than 2 hours and still I can only see is this:


I suppose that It shouldn't be the problem but I got also openfoam 2.4.
I include the alias for both programs like this:


So I totally do not know what's happening
Thank you in advance for your help

[KangX1]

Originally Posted by Woj3x

I have a similar problem as KangX1 so I tryed to use your solution but when I tryed to run Allwmake.firstInstall the terminal begins to run script but but it takes more than 2 hours and still I can only see is this:


I suppose that It shouldn't be the problem but I got also openfoam 2.4.
I include the alias for both programs like this:


So I totally do not know what's happening
Thank you in advance for your help

Dear Woj3x,

Have installed the "rpm" package before you compile for the first time?
As @wyldckat said, missing that part will cause that problem as I did.

Thanks.
Lida

[Woj3x]

Yes I did and when I tryed to use it again I received the following massage:

Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
Bison is already the newest version.
build-essential is already the newest version.
cmake is already the newest version.
flex is already the newest version.
libiberty-dev is already the newest version.
libncurses5-dev is already the newest version.
libXt-dev is already the newest version.
zlib1g-dev is already the newest version.
binutils-dev is already the newest version.
git-core is already the newest version.
graphviz is already the newest version.
libqt4-dev is already the newest version.
qt4-dev-tools is already the newest version.
rpm is already the newest version.
Mercurial is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.19.0-25 linux-headers-3.19.0-25-generic
linux-image-3.19.0-25-generic linux-image-extra-3.19.0-25-generic
To remove them, use the "apt-get autoremove".

So I suppose that I did it correct

Best regards,
W. Gołąbek

[KangX1]

Originally Posted by Woj3x

Yes I did and when I tryed to use it again I received the following massage:
So I suppose that I did it correct

Best regards,
W. Gołąbek

It seems rpm package is not the one. Maybe u can try compile it again with the log, and upload the log so that everyone can help u to find out where it goes wrong.

BR,
Lida

[Woj3x]

But problem is that I can't use this script:

foam
./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1

and I suppose that I need to use it to get this log (I am not sure becouse I am new in linux)
how long did it take in your case to run it? As I wrote before in my case after 2 hours script still has not executed.

Best regards,
W. Gołąbek

[KangX1]

only input this

"./Allwmake.firstInstall > log.make 2>&1"
in the terminal

In my case, my laptop used 3 hours or more to run it. It's normal to use hours to do it.
Take it easy and get some coffee : )

Lida

[Woj3x]

Ok I found way to solve my problem.
First of all I leaved my PC for all night and I supposed that it definitely should be done after this time but I was wrong. Terminal still perform something in the background (I mean I didn't see any action in terminal window) .
I decided to check foam-extend folder and I saw new file log.make when I opend it I saw question from script file 'Proceed without compiling ParaView [Y/n]' so I wrote Y in terminal and after less than an hour the script was finally executed.
I hope this will help sb with same problem. Thank you for your help KangX1

Best regards,
W. Gołąbek

[KangX1]

You are welcome.

[wendy987]

Dear fomers
I also try to install the foam-extend-3.1 on ubuntu 14.04 besides of240. I add

alias of240=’source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/ect/bashrc’
alias fe31=’source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/ect/bashrc’

in $HOME/.bashrc

When I startup a new terminal, run of240, it success!
But when I startup a new terminal, run fe31, it show “command not found”.
Then I run env, the WM_PROJECT_DIR=/home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1

I don’t know why?
Who can help me, thank you!!

[wyldckat]

Quick answer:

Originally Posted by wendy987

alias of240=’source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/ect/bashrc’
alias fe31=’source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/ect/bashrc’

If looks like you manually wrote these lines here, because the correct lines are as follows:

alias of240='source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'

Notice the 2 very small details:

1. The correct quote character is ' and not ’
2. The folder is named "etc", not "ect"

In addition, try running these commands:

ls $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

Does any of the two give you error messages?

[wendy987]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer:

If looks like you manually wrote these lines here, because the correct lines are as follows:

alias of240='source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/etc/bashrc'
alias fe31='source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc'

Notice the 2 very small details:

1. The correct quote character is ' and not ’
2. The folder is named "etc", not "ect"

In addition, try running these commands:

ls $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc

Does any of the two give you error messages?

This shows:

zhhy@zhhy:~$ ls $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
/home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
zhhy@zhhy:~$ source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamGetSystemInfo: Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath:
Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: Permission Denied
bash: /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath: Permission Denied
zhhy@zhhy:~$ sudo source $HOME/foam/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
[sudo] password for zhhy:
sudo：source: command not found

what can i do next?

[wyldckat]

Quick questions:

1. What where the exact steps you took for downloading and unpacking foam-extend 3.1?
   • Or in other words, what steps did you take for getting the files into the folder "/home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/"?
2. What does this command give you?
   

   ls -l /home/zhhy/foam/foam-extend-3.1/bin/foamCleanPath