[silvino]

Hi all.

I need help to install foam-extend 4.0 in ubuntu 18.04.

Is there a page with instructions for it?

thanks.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: I don't have time right now to test this myself, but please try the following steps:

1. From this page: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...end-4.0/Ubuntu - follow the package list to be installed from the list for Ubuntu 16.04.
2. Then follow part of the instructions from here: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...om_source_code - although keep in mind to run the following commands before you run source etc/bashrc:
3. Then use the following commands, which are a mix and match from the instructions from 12.04 and 16.04:
   

   cd ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0
    
   echo export WM_COMPILER=Gcc49 >> etc/prefs.sh
   echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_GCC_492=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
   echo export compilerInstall=FOAM >> etc/prefs.sh
   echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
    
   source etc/bashrc

With a bit of luck, this will work

[silvino]

Apparently steps 1 and 2 were enough.

Thank you!

[ordinary]

First I want to thank wyldckat for his priceless and valuable help about OpenFOAM and foam-extend.

I also have same foam-extend 4.0 installation problem on Ubuntu 18.04. I followed the steps as wyldckat posted:

1) https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...om_source_code
2) https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...end-4.0/Ubuntu

Then I checked my Allwmake.firstInstall log file and found something that seems an error to me. Here is the log file (unfortunately I can't upload whole because of upload limit)
log_stage4.txt

So I went to the

~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty$

and run:

./AllClean.stage4
./AllMake.stage4

But it gives me Stage4Log.txt.

What should I do now?

Best regards,

Emre

[iigorfleury]

Hello, guys!


Also wanna thanks wyldckat, I'm a beginner at openfoam andmust say your posts are being really helpful to me.


I'm also trying to install foamextend4 on ubuntu 18.04. Followed the steps from openfoamwiki and then used the commands wyldckat posted, but I'm afraid it's not installed correctly.


When I ran the commands it gets me this back:





bash: /home/igor/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/packages/gcc-4.9.2/platforms/linux64Gcc49DPOpt/etc/gcc-4.9.2.sh: No such file or directory

Warning in /home/igor/foam/foam-extend-4.0/etc/settings.sh:
Cannot find /home/igor/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/packages/gcc-4.9.2/platforms/linux64Gcc49DPOpt installation.
Please install this compiler version or if you wish to use the system compiler,
change the 'compilerInstall' setting to 'System' in this file




Thanks so much for the attention.

[wyldckat]

Greetings to Emre and Igor,

I haven't managed to properly look into this yet, but here is what I know so far:

• @Emre: I will have to try this myself first, but the problem might be that the custom GCC 4.9 build is not being used, hence the error.
  By the way, the two files mentioned there:
  

  See also "/home/emre/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/BUILD/ParaView-v4.4.0-source/buildObj/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
  See also "/home/emre/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/BUILD/ParaView-v4.4.0-source/buildObj/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

  should have a bit more information on what exactly went wrong... but I'm guessing that it's because GCC 7 is not supported for building ParaView 4.4.
• @Igor: That message should not have given you problems. It's just a warning. If you try to continue doing the documented steps, it should work as intended.

I'll try to look into this in more detail as soon as I can.


Best regards,
Bruno

[ordinary]

Thank you very much for your response. I overcame the issue by installing ParaView:

sudo apt-get install paraview

Now when I type paraFoam, there is a pop-up window asking me how to open the case. Then I choose OpenFOAM of course.

Best regards,
Emre

[iigorfleury]

Followed all the steps and worked perfectly here! Ran a tutorial to check and it worked okay! It seems everything is fine.

Thanks a lot, wyldckat!

[wyldckat]

@Emre: You can have paraFoam in foam-extend to open with the internal reader in ParaView by using this command:

paraFoam -nativeReader

If you don't want to type this every time, then run:

echo "alias paraFoamFE='paraFoam -nativeReader'" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Then you can use the command paraFoamFE to open with the internal reader when using foam-extend. This is because with OpenFOAM, the option is named "-builtin".


@Igor: Wow, I'm glad it's working! If you have problems with ParaView, you can do the same as Emre.

-----

For future readers, I've finished testing in a virtual machine and the new section https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_18.04 - should work for Ubuntu 18.04.
So for those trying to install for the first time:

1. Do the git clone step.
2. Then do the instructions for Ubuntu 18.04: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_18.04
3. Then run:

   ./Allwmake.firstInstall

[e1905]

hi, everyone

I am a beginner to openfoam, trying to install foam-extend-4.0 on ubuntu 18.04.

I followed the instruction from wiki and CHALMERS https://pingpong.chalmers.se/public/...o?item=4764601

But I failed in running .Allwmake.firstInstall, it ended up with

make: Nothing to be done for 'all'.

This system rpm command: rpm --force-debian

========================================
Starting ThirdParty Allwmake.pre
========================================


This system rpm command: rpm --force-debian

========================================
Starting ThirdParty AllMake: Stage1
========================================

Building gcc-4.9.2
Package name      : gcc-4.9.2
Package URL       : http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcc/gcc-4.9.2/gcc-4.9.2.tar.gz
RPM spec file name: gcc-4.9.2.spec
RPM file name     : 
Additional flags  : 
Updating the ThirdParty environment variables before building package gcc-4.9.2
RPM file name     : /home/user/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/gcc-4.9.2-linux64Gcc49DPOpt.x86_64.rpm
Making package gcc-4.9.2 using RPM.
Building package gcc-4.9.2 using SPEC file : gcc-4.9.2.spec. Optional args:

And here is the content of prefs.sh

export WM_COMPILER=Gcc49
export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_GCC_492=1
export compilerInstall=System
export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1

export WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI
export OPENMPI_DIR=/usr
export OPENMPI_BIN_DIR=$OPENMPI_DIR/bin
export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1
export QT_SELECT=qt4
export WM_CC='gcc-5'
export WM_CXX='g++-5'
export QT_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin/

Thanks!

[wyldckat]

Quick answer @e1905: I wrote the solution in my previous post... quoting from it:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

For future readers, I've finished testing in a virtual machine and the new section https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_18.04 - should work for Ubuntu 18.04.
So for those trying to install for the first time:

1. Do the git clone step.
2. Then do the instructions for Ubuntu 18.04: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_18.04
3. Then run:

   ./Allwmake.firstInstall

[e1905]

very appreciate for your replying! I also followed the site you given, but the result is same. Anyway, I am now using ubuntu 16.04, and all worked well.

thanks

[russel60]

Hello Everyone,

Similar to E1905, I am a new user attempting to download Foam-Extend 4.0 for the first time, and am running into the same problem. When I run Allwmake.firstInstall, the script gets stuck here:

make: Nothing to be done for 'all'.

This system rpm command: rpm --force-debian

========================================
Starting ThirdParty Allwmake.pre
========================================


This system rpm command: rpm --force-debian

========================================
Starting ThirdParty AllMake: Stage1
========================================

Building bison 2.7
Package name      : bison-2.7
Package URL       : http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz
RPM spec file name: bison-2.7.spec
RPM file name     :
Additional flags  :
Updating the ThirdParty environment variables before building package bison-2.7
RPM file name     : /home/russel60/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/bison-2.7-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64.rpm
Making package bison-2.7 using RPM.
Building package bison-2.7 using SPEC file : bison-2.7.spec. Optional args:

I have tried all of the instructions from the Wyldckat's post below, but have not had any success.

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer @e1905: I wrote the solution in my previous post... quoting from it:

I have tried (and failed) to install it on Ubuntu Versions 18.06 and 16.04. I was able to get Openfoam 6.0 to run successfully on both Ubuntu versions.

I appreciate any and all help!

Thanks!

[wyldckat]

Quick answer @russel60: Please try running the following commands:

cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR

./AllMake.pre

Hopefully this way you will get something like a question or some feedback from the script asking you for something specific.


But related to this, how are you keeping the two versions apart? What I mean is: how are you sourcing each "etc/bashrc" file on foam-extend 4.0 and OpenFOAM 6? Are you using aliases?

[russel60]

Hi Wyldckat,

Answering your question first - I am using aliases to source foam-extend and openfoam. As far as I can tell, this is working fine. I test it by typing my aliases (either of6 or fe4), then typing other shortcuts like 'tut' or 'app' to see if I end up in the appropriate directory.

As for the installation problems, I ran

./AllMake.pre

and it still did not work properly. I got the following message:

This system rpm command: rpm --force-debian

========================================
Starting ThirdParty AllMake: Stage1
========================================

Building bison 2.7
Package name      : bison-2.7
Package URL       : http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz
RPM spec file name: bison-2.7.spec
RPM file name     :
Additional flags  :
Updating the ThirdParty environment variables before building package bison-2.7
RPM file name     : /home/russel60/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/bison-2.7-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64.rpm
Download bison-2.7.tar.gz from : http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz
--2018-11-12 08:19:37--  http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz
Resolving ftpmirror.gnu.org (ftpmirror.gnu.org)... 208.118.235.200
Connecting to ftpmirror.gnu.org (ftpmirror.gnu.org)|208.118.235.200|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz [following]
--2018-11-12 08:19:38--  http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.7.tar.gz
Resolving mirrors.kernel.org (mirrors.kernel.org)... 149.20.37.36, 2001:4f8:4:6f:0:1994:3:14
Connecting to mirrors.kernel.org (mirrors.kernel.org)|149.20.37.36|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3137885 (3.0M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘bison-2.7.tar.gz’

bison-2.7.tar.gz                                            100%[========================================================================================================================================>]   2.99M  3.69MB/s    in 0.8s

2018-11-12 08:19:39 (3.69 MB/s) - ‘bison-2.7.tar.gz’ saved [3137885/3137885]

Making package bison-2.7 using RPM.
Building package bison-2.7 using SPEC file : bison-2.7.spec. Optional args:
tools/makeThirdPartyFunctionsForRPM: line 163: 19014 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) rpmbuild --define "_topdir $buildBase" --dbpath $buildBase/rpmDB -bb ./SPECS/$specFile "$@"
Installing package: bison-2.7
  Uninstalling bison-2.7 using RPM: bison-2.7-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64
  Installing bison-2.7 using RPM file: /home/russel60/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/bison-2.7-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64.rpm
error: open of /home/russel60/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/bison-2.7-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64.rpm failed: No such file or directory
Done installing package

This message points out that I don't have the folder x86_64/bison... Is this folder supposed to come with the code download?

I don't know enough about Linux / Bash to know if this matters, but I am running this on the "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" GUI on my computer with windows 10.

Sorry for the long reply, but I hope this helps better describe what I am dealing with on my end.

Thanks!

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: OK, knowing about Bash on Windows was a critical piece of information. Furthermore, the new output revealed another critical detail:

tools/makeThirdPartyFunctionsForRPM: line 163: 19014 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) rpmbuild --define "_topdir $buildBase" --dbpath $buildBase/rpmDB -bb ./SPECS/$specFile "$@"

"Segmentation fault" indicates that something went awfully wrong and there is no clear reason as to why.


My fairly wild guess without testing this myself is that something is contaminating the shell environment. WSL has a somewhat weird idea of defining the PATH environment variable to start with the original one that Windows has got, which means that paths such as "/c/Windows/System32" will appear on the Ubuntu Bash, which means that Windows applications can be launched from within Ubuntu... which can lead to disastrous situations.


So my suggestion is that you:

1. Close any open Bash windows.
2. Start a new Bash window.
3. Run the following command:
   

   export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin

4. Then activate the foam-extend 4.0 shell environment and try again the installation steps.
   • You may need to delete the "foam-extend-4.0" folder and start over again, in case there is some other file contaminated during the previous download...

[russel60]

Thank you very much, Wyldckat! I was able to get it working. I don't know exactly what I did, but a combination of restarting my computer, uninstalling foam-extend, reinstalling foam-extend, and running the command you suggested was able to get it to download.

If I go into /ThirdParty and try to run an individual AllMake.stage, I sometimes still see it stall at Optional Args. I was able to run a tutorial or two and open them up in Paraview, so I'm going to operate under the assumption that everything is working properly. My linux knowledge is definitely not strong enough to debug it much further.

Thanks!

[ErenC]

Hello,

I did every step Mr.Santos said but it got stuck at ThirdParty AllMake: Stage2

========================================
Starting ThirdParty AllMake: Stage2
========================================

Building openmpi 1.8.8
Package name      : openmpi-1.8.8
Package URL       : http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.8/downloads/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz
RPM spec file name: openmpi-1.8.8.spec
RPM file name     :
Additional flags  : --define
Updating the ThirdParty environment variables before building package openmpi-1.8.8
RPM file name     : /home/erenc/foam/foam-extend-4.0/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/RPMS/x86_64/openmpi-1.8.8-linux64GccDPOpt.x86_64.rpm
Download openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz from : http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.8/downloads/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz
--2020-01-24 12:51:23--  http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.8/downloads/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz
Resolving www.open-mpi.org (www.open-mpi.org)... 54.230.234.41, 54.230.234.15, 54.230.234.43, ...
Connecting to www.open-mpi.org (www.open-mpi.org)|54.230.234.41|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.8/downloads/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz [following]
--2020-01-24 12:51:23--  https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.8/downloads/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz
Connecting to www.open-mpi.org (www.open-mpi.org)|54.230.234.41|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v1.8/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz [following]
--2020-01-24 12:51:24--  https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v1.8/openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz
Resolving download.open-mpi.org (download.open-mpi.org)... 54.230.234.121, 54.230.234.128, 54.230.234.16, ...
Connecting to download.open-mpi.org (download.open-mpi.org)|54.230.234.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 19718799 (19M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz’

openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz          100%[=================================================>]  18.80M  2.87MB/s    in 6.7s

2020-01-24 12:51:32 (2.82 MB/s) - ‘openmpi-1.8.8.tar.gz’ saved [19718799/19718799]

Making package openmpi-1.8.8 using RPM.
Building package openmpi-1.8.8 using SPEC file : openmpi-1.8.8.spec. Optional args: --define _configureAdditionalArgs "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_OPENMPI_188_ConfigureAdditionalArgs"

PC was open all night, in morning it was still on the exact same line. I am using win10 pc with ubuntu bash (18.04) from cannonical group. Any idea what caused this?

Eren

Edit:
I followed Problems compiling foam-extend-4.0 + fsiFoam on Ubuntu+WSL this and I think it is okay. I'll probably have further issues but I think I can manage the rest, Thank you again Mr. Santos!

[JETZ]

Hello wyldckat

I have run the git clone setup from https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...om_source_code
then ran the instructions here https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_18.04

as you have instructed previously

but as soon as type in source etc/bashrc I get the following errors, please help.
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamGetSystemInfo: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/etc/settings.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/etc/aliases.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /opt/foam-extend-4.0/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory

I have been trying to get this to work for the past 3 days for Udemy course.
I have even asked the question in another thread
OpenFOAM-extend 4.1 installation
but I am having no luck with this for some reason. I am running ubuntu 18.04.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

[djason]

Hi all

I followed the instructions from Wyldcat (thanks for contributing), and although it came up with an error during the build:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4nydr59mp5...Error.PNG?dl=0

I was able to run icoFoam cavity tutorial. Would I have to anticipate any problems as I continue to use fe40?