[Dorian1504]

Hello,

I'm trying to compile Openfoam as explained here :
https://openfoam.org/download/source...ling-openfoam/

But I have the following error when I run Allwmake:
./Allwmake: 7: .: Can't open /wmake/scripts/AllwmakeParseArguments

I checked my environment variables but I don't see any mistake.
I'm pretty sure that the problem comes from the variable $WM_PROJECT_DIR, when I replace this in Allwmake by the true path the error disappears but I obtain a new one :
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.x$ sudo ./Allwmake
./Allwmake: 9: ./Allwmake: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Allwmake error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.

And when I check with echo :

echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR
/opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.x

Any idea how to solve this problem?

Thank you !

[alexeym]

Hi,

sudo creates new environment, so in sudo shell WM_PROJECT_DIR is empty. So either use -E flag for sudo, or execute bash under sudo and there source etc/bashrc, compile software, etc.

[Dorian1504]

Thank you for your response.

I did not know root created an environment. So, I used the -E flag and the error well disappeared however I have a new one, and still with the value of $WM_PROJECT_DIR :

./Allwmake: 9: ./Allwmake: wmakeCheckPwd: not found
Allwmake error: Current directory is not $WM_PROJECT_DIR
The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation.
Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them.

I don't understand why the variable is ok for the first occurence in Allwmake but not for the second path.
How can i check the value of $WM_PROJECT_DIR in the sudo shell?

[alexeym]

New error seems to be exactly the same as in your first message.

I did not know root created an environment.

It depends on configuration, on my laptop, for example, sudo preserves environment.

You can check value of environment variable with

sudo echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR

[Dorian1504]

Yes it's the same error as before when I replaced the path manually. sudo -E has eliminated the first error (line 7 in Allwmake) but doesn't work after, even so "sudo echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR$" return the good path. Maybe the environment is not well preserved with -E flag?

However I've tried to source the bashrc file in root as you mentioned and the compiling started without any problem. I don't have the time to check if it will go all the way right now, but there is a good chance that my problem is solved.

Thank you