[JonW]

Hello foamers
I just finished installing the brand new OpenFOAM 4.0 on Fedora 23 and this is what I did (please note, that the dnf install part is a bit messy, haven't had time to clean it, but this works on my pc). Hope this helps...

First install some stuff on your system,...

sudo dnf groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo dnf groupinstall 'C Development Tools and Libraries'
sudo dnf install openmpi openmpi-devel qt-devel qt-webkit-devel zlib-devel cmake wget boost-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel patch readline-devel ncurses-devel python python-devel
sudo dnf install git gitk
sudo dnf install openmpi-devel qt-devel qtwebkit-devel zlib-devel cmake
sudo dnf install openmpi openmpi-devel qt-devel qt-webkit-devel zlib-devel cmake wget git gitk
sudo dnf install boost-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel patch readline-devel ncurses-devel python python-devel
sudo dnf install CGAL CGAL-devel binutils-devel mercurial
sudo dnf install compat-gcc-34-g77
sudo dnf install freeglut freeglut-devel flex bison cmake zlib zlib-devel boost-thread boost-system boost-devel libXt-devel libXt scotch scotch-devel qt5-qtwebkit-devel
sudo dnf install qtwebkit qtwebkit-devel CGAL CGAL-devel openmpi openmpi-devel
sudo dnf install zlib zlib-devel boost boost-math boost-thread boost-system boost-devel openmpi openmpi-devel readline readline-devel ncurses-devel ncurses-libs ncurses libXt libXt-devel
sudo dnf install scotch scotch-devel ptscotch-openmpi ptscotch-openmpi-devel ptscotch-openmpi-devel-parmetis

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Download, unpack and rename the following as explained on the OpenFOAM home page...
OpenFOAM-4.x-version-4.0.tar.gz
ThirdParty-4.x-version-4.0.tar.gz

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in your .bashrc, put...

alias of40="export PATH=/usr/lib64/openmpi/bin/:$PATH && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH && source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.0/etc/bashrc && PS1='\[\e[1;31m\][4.0]\[\e[0m\]\[\e[1;32m\][$(tty | cut -d/ -f3,4)]\[\e[0m\][\W]\[\e[1;31m\]:\[\e[0m\] ' "

(you can also have the path part in the beginning of your .bashrc)
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Download...
http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.1.tar.gz

unpack and put in $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
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New terminal and type "of40"

cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR

./makeCmake 2>&1 | tee makeLogFile_tmp1.txt

wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS (I think I forgot to do the wmSET thingi, but it didnt seem to do any harm)
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cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s qmake-qt5 qmake
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New terminal and type "of40"
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cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
./makeParaView

(this took about 1 hour on my pc)
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New terminal and type "of40"
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type "foam"

./Allwmake -j 2>&1 | tee wmake_log_file_1.txt

(took about 4 hour on my pc,)
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New terminal and type "of40"
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./Allwmake 2>&1 | tee wmake_log_file_2.txt

[MauricioAguilar]

Hey Jon,

Thanks for the very thorough post.
Just now I'm using your instructions.

Whenever I try to run the alias "of40" I keep getting the message : command not found.
Do you know why this is happening?

I have put everything in the directories exactly as indicated. $HOME/OpenFOAM...

Thanks,

Mauricio

EDIT: sorry got confused and was editing the OpenFoAM bashrc instead of etc/bashrc

[JonW]

Hi could it be...
"bash: mpicc: command not found" ?

try first just to do ...
source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.0/etc/bashrc
... on your command line (i.e. copy paste, if you like)

You will get "bash: mpicc: command not found", but that is ok for now.
Is this running otherwise OK ?

...do also "echo $PATH" to see if your path settings are as supposed to be

[JonW]

Obs,... I was too fast, didnt notice your message

"EDIT: sorry got confused and was editing the OpenFoAM bashrc instead of etc/bashrc"

I am guessing all is OK now?

[MauricioAguilar]

Everything worked great Jon.
for some reason my files were originally owned by root so i had to change ownership; other than that it went smooth.
Thanks again for the instructions.

best wishes,

Mauricio

[wyldckat]

Quick note: I've added a link to this thread on the wiki here: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...dora#Fedora_23

[JonW]

OK, finally I did a fresh install with the OF41 on Fedora 25 in accordance with the above.
No problems came up,... everything went OK
J.

Extra info: I was too fast here yesterday: In the installation of OF in F25 I did not do the steps (1) and (2) (i.e. related to cmake). That is, everything was done on the native system without problems.
J.