[OpenFOAM.org] Can't seem to compile ParaView 4.1.0 (OpenFOAM 2.4.x, CentOS 7)

me3840 · October 8, 2015, 00:17

Hello folks,

Have a CentOS 7 installation here. I've followed the wiki to get down to the final step of running Allwmake on the ParaView OpenFOAM reader, but it seem to generate this error:

ERROR: ParaView not found in /home/michael/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.4.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-4.1.0

That directory does indeed, not exist; the 'platforms' directory doesn't show up. Attached is the logfile from the ParaView compile.

Can somebody help me figure out what's going on?

This seems to be a similar problem, but the solution posted there did not work for me:
http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...correctly.html

wyldckat · October 8, 2015, 19:18

I'll have to be quick:

1. For future reference, I believe you're referring to these instructions: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...HEL#CentOS_7.1

2. The error message that the log file provides is this one:

Code:

CMake Error at VTK/CMake/FindPythonLibs.cmake:112 (FILE):
  file STRINGS file "/usr/include/python2.7/patchlevel.h" cannot be read.

This error message occurs because the necessary Python 2.7 development package is not installed. In step #2 it gives a very big list of packages that have to be installed, among which is "python-devel". Make sure you have installed it.

me3840 · October 13, 2015, 01:05

I must have missed the extra lines earlier, everything is working now. Thanks for your help

October 13, 2015, 01:05		#3
me3840 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,232 Rep Power: 25	I must have missed the extra lines earlier, everything is working now. Thanks for your help wyldckat likes this.

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October 8, 2015, 19:18		#2
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,982 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	I'll have to be quick: 1. For future reference, I believe you're referring to these instructions: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...HEL#CentOS_7.1 2. The error message that the log file provides is this one: Code: CMake Error at VTK/CMake/FindPythonLibs.cmake:112 (FILE): file STRINGS file "/usr/include/python2.7/patchlevel.h" cannot be read. This error message occurs because the necessary Python 2.7 development package is not installed. In step #2 it gives a very big list of packages that have to be installed, among which is "python-devel". Make sure you have installed it. me3840 likes this.