[vasava]

Last week I cleaned my computer and installed a clean copy of openFoam 2.3.1 using these instruction.

Next I tried to compile swak4Foam but did not succeed. Since it earlier worked nicely with OF2.2, I decided to install OF2.2.2 side-by-side with OF2.3.1 following these instructions.

I have made more than a dozen attempts but simply can non install OF2.2.2. Here is the list of problems I encounter:

1. When I use the following commands the files simply dont unzip. Instead of an unzipped folder, I see folders with question mark sign '?' as size.
   

   tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.2.tgz 
   tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.2.tgz

   After few attempts and restarting computer I got over this.
2. When I use command
   

   source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.2/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI

   I get this error:
   

   gcc: error: unrecognized option ‘--showme:link’

I am now stuck here. Any help or comment is welcome.

Edit: OpenFoam 2.3.1 is working fine.

[vasava]

With a colleague's help and followign instructions on this page I could overcome the problem.

I will update if there is something else.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: Many thanks for reporting the solution that you've found!

The reason why it worked with OpenFOAM 2.3.1 but not 2.2.2 is because the optional step #5 was missing from the wiki page for 2.2.2, namely this step:

5. Optional: Let's make a few symbolic links that should ensure that the correct global MPI installation is used by this OpenFOAM installation:

ln -s /usr/bin/mpicc.openmpi OpenFOAM-2.3.1/bin/mpicc
ln -s /usr/bin/mpirun.openmpi OpenFOAM-2.3.1/bin/mpirun

I've updated the step for 2.2.2 on the wiki.

[vasava]

I am glad that this helps the openFoam community. Now both OF2.2.2 and 2.3.1 are working fine.

But, I am still struggling to install swak4Foam. Here are the error messages:

~/MySolvers/swak4Foam$ ./Allwmake
Previously compiled for OpenFOAM 

/home/paritosh/MySolvers/swak4Foam/privateRequirements/bin existing. Prepending to PATH-variable (private version of Bison)

Reading variables from 'swakConfiguration'
swakConfiguration: line 13: [: : integer expression expected
Checking swak4Foam-version and generating file
abort: no repository found in '/home/paritosh/MySolvers/swak4Foam' (.hg not found)!
Swak version is 0.3.2
./Allwmake: line 61: Allwmake: command not found

Requirements for Library not satisfied. I see no sense in going on
Check the README before you go on to ask. And search: Most likely your problem occured to 5 other people before and has been solved on the MessageBoard

I am searching the forum for the answers but if you have some quick-fix(es) I will help a lot.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: From the looks of the error messages, my guess is that you did not unpack the source code from a legitimate origin. In other words, it looks like you unpacked the original package on Windows or Mac OS X and then copied the folder to Linux, which resulted in files having the incorrect settings.

All of this to say: if you still have this problem, then please state the complete steps you've taken for installing swak4Foam, to get to the error message that you've gotten.

[vasava]

Thanks for the reply Bruno.

Here is what I did to install openFoam 2.2.2 (I followed instructions from this page.).

• Followed steps 1-3 mentioned on this page (no problems/errors).
• While on step-4.
  

  #OpenFOAM downloading and installation
  cd ~
  mkdir OpenFOAM
  cd OpenFOAM
  wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.2.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.2.tgz
  wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.2.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.2.tgz
   
  tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.2.tgz 
  tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.2.tgz

  I could download the .tgz files but for some reason could not unpack them. Every time I tried to unpack, it created a folder but the size/properties were marked with '??'.
  
  After several failed attempts, I decided to unpack the files somewhere else and them copy to openFOAM folder (I used copy-paste commands).
  
  The compilations worked fine and openFoam 2.2.2 is also working fine.

Right now I am logged in to windows. I will post the swak4Foam step/commands as soon as I login to Ubuntu.

[vasava]

I followed following steps to install swak4foam:

1. Download swak4Foam.
   

   git clone https://github.com/Unofficial-Extend-Project-Mirror/openfoam-extend-Breeder2.0-libraries-swak4Foam.git swak4Foam

2. Install swak4Foam
   

   cd swak4Foam
   ./Allwmake

But I get the following error:

~/MySolvers/swak4Foam$ ./Allwmake
This is a clean install
No file 'swakConfiguration'. Python etc won't work. See README for details
Try 'ln -s swakConfiguration.automatic swakConfiguration' for automatic configuration. BEWARE: this does not work on some systems
Checking swak4Foam-version and generating file
abort: no repository found in '/home/paritosh/MySolvers/swak4Foam' (.hg not found)!
Swak version is 0.3.2
./Allwmake: line 61: wmake: command not found

I have bison (GNU Bison) 2.5., flex 2.5.35, m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16, svn, version 1.6.17 (r1128011) and git version 1.7.9.5.

Could you please guide me through this?

[vasava]

Following is set of solutions that I have tried (since I am still stuck with same errors, I assume none of them worked):

1. Run the ./compileRequirements.sh file. As the name suggests this command tries to fulfill the requirement for the compilation.
   
   This did not help with the compilation and the errors persisted.
2. Delete the swakConfiguration file. Deleting the file helps remove one of the error pertaining to swakConfiguration, however the compilation complains about the missing swakConfiguration file.
   
   This did not help with the compilation and the './Allwmake: line 61: wmake' error persisted.
3. Removing alias from the bash file. I removed openFoam aliases from bash file. But this did not help.
   
   I did this while simulations were running. I am not sure if I should try again when simulations are not running.

Overall summary:
Whats I learned is that the 'line 61: wmake: command not found' error is common when openFoam shell is not installed properly.

In my case since I unpacked the installation folders somewhere else and then copies it back to openFoam installation directory, this is causing problems for me.

[vasava]

Here is what I did:

1. Since I have installed two openFoam versions, I activated one of them by command 'of231'.
2. When I tried to compile, swak4Foam complained about the version of openFoam so I performed './Allwclean'.
3. Next, I tried ./Allwmake and it worked!! (I was so overwhelmed, I forgot to record the log!! )
   
   However, there still seems to be some dependency issues as I saw too many lines with 'could not open file' error. Following is an example.
   
   

   could not open file foamString.H for source file coalCloudEnthalpySourcePluginFunction.C due to No such file or directory
   
   could not open file CoalCloud.H for source file makeCoalCloudProxys.C due to No such file or directory

Next, I ran couple of example cases from my old simulations and they worked without any problems.

Next question is: Are these dependency warnings going to bother me in future?

[wyldckat]

Originally Posted by vasava

Next question is: Are these dependency warnings going to bother me in future?

Quick answer: If swak4Foam was built without problems, then second time you ran "Allwmake" should have told you that everything is "up to date". Therefore, those warnings can be ignored.