[Piotrekdoro]

Hi, I'm first time Ubuntu user and I have a question which probably will sound pretty stupid.

I've dual booted Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on my laptop alongside Windows 10, then I've followed instructions from: https://openfoam.org/download/6-ubuntu/
It seems everything went well. I've added ". /opt/openfoam6/etc/bashrc" at the end of a text file and saved. I've typed:

source /opt/openfoam6/etc/bashrc

If I understand correctly I should be able to see a directory in home with openfoam files but there is nothing there. Do you have any advice as to where I went wrong?

The problem boils down to the fact that I can't find an application which I think I've installed correctly and my incompetence with the new OS makes it difficult to perform basic tasks.

[Piotrekdoro]

Ok, I've figured it out. Sorry for bothering you and littering the forum with unnecessary threads.

[wyldckat]

Greetings Piotrekdoro,

Originally Posted by Piotrekdoro

Ok, I've figured it out. Sorry for bothering you and littering the forum with unnecessary threads.

No problem. It has happened to me in the past as well, a couple of weeks ago, for a commercial software, where after looking for the license server installer for 30 minutes and not finding it, I started writing an email to the support team of the software and half-way through writing, did I happen to go look for the thing again and finally see the freaking tab on the webpage where the download link was... I was so annoyed at the thing... at last I ended up not sending the email and not having to wait for an answer.

Anyway, if in the future you end up finding a solution to a question you made, please write the answer you finally found

For others reading this thread, the idea here is that when OpenFOAM is installed in "/opt", this means that all installed files for it are placed there and not in the "/home" folder.
However, if you follow the User Guides, they will tell you a sequence of commands that will indeed create a new folder in your home folder, so that you can place a copy of the tutorial(s) from "/opt" onto your home folder. That way you work on a copy, instead of working on the original files.

As for knowing if the installation is working or not, in the instructions page that you follow, you should be able to find instructions on what to do next after installation. In the link provided, the last section at https://openfoam.org/download/6-ubuntu/ - does give the instructions needed. Although make sure you didn't skip anything, because it's very easy to accidentally scroll by critical steps.

Best regards,
Bruno

[srijit]

Originally Posted by Piotrekdoro

Hi, I'm first time Ubuntu user and I have a question which probably will sound pretty stupid.

I've dual booted Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on my laptop alongside Windows 10, then I've followed instructions from: https://openfoam.org/download/6-ubuntu/
It seems everything went well. I've added ". /opt/openfoam6/etc/bashrc" at the end of a text file and saved. I've typed:

source /opt/openfoam6/etc/bashrc

If I understand correctly I should be able to see a directory in home with openfoam files but there is nothing there. Do you have any advice as to where I went wrong?

The problem boils down to the fact that I can't find an application which I think I've installed correctly and my incompetence with the new OS makes it difficult to perform basic tasks.

It can be done in 2 steps
First step: cd ~
Second step: mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN
You will find the required directory