[xuegy]

Hello all,

I'm trying to compile OpenFOAM v1906 in a CentOS 8 virtual machine. The OpenFOAM it self goes well(even easier than CentOS 7 thanks to the latest toolchain). However I can not compile paraview with MESA.

The command I used:

./makeParaView -python -mpi -mesa -mesa-include /usr/include/GL -mesa-lib /usr/lib64/libOSMesa.so -qt > log.makePV 2>&1

Here's the information

----
Python information:
    executable     : /usr/bin/python
    version        : 3.6m
    include path   : /usr/include/python3.6m
    library        : /lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
Using qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt5

ParaView_SOURCE_DIR=/home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/ParaView-v5.6.0
ParaView_BUILD_DIR=/home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0
ParaView_DIR=/home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0

Build stages selected
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    -patch    true
    -config   true
    -make     true
    -install  true
---------------------
Features selected
    mesa      true
    mpi       true
    python    true
    qt        true
---------------------
Version information
    paraview  5.6.0
    major     5.6
    build     Release
    qt        5.11.1
---------------------
no patch found for paraview-5.6.0
Using cmake=/usr/bin/cmake
removing old build directory
    /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0
----
Configuring paraview-5.6.0 (major version: 5.6)
    MPI    support : true
    Python support : true
    MESA   support : true
    GL2  rendering : true
    QT dev support : true
    Source         : /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/ParaView-v5.6.0
    Build          : /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0
    Target         : /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0
    cmake          : /usr/bin/cmake
    Build suffix   : none
----

/usr/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DPARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT_FILES=ON -DVTK_USE_X=OFF -DPARAVIEW_USE_MPI=ON -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/python3.6m -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0 -DVTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA=ON -DOSMESA_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/GL -DOSMESA_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/libOSMesa.so -DVTK_RENDERING_BACKEND=OpenGL2 -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI=ON -DPARAVIEW_QT_VERSION=5 -DQt5_DIR=/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/ParaView-v5.6.0

And the first error is

/bin/sh: line 0: cd: /home/gux215/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v1906/build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.0/Plugins/MOOSETools/doc: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [Plugins/MOOSETools/CMakeFiles/MooseXfemClip.dir/build.make:78: Plugins/MOOSETools/doc/MooseXfemClip.qch] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:55891: Plugins/MOOSETools/CMakeFiles/MooseXfemClip.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

I tried to google this error message but no result.

Anyone knows how to fix it?
Thanks.

[zordiack]

Hi, I recently stumbled on the same compilation error myself on CentOS 7. I think this is some kind of a bug in either ParaView, CMake or CentOS or some combination of those, I don't really know at this point.

However, as you can see CMake is complaining about missing /doc folders under specific ParaView plugin directories. For me there were two plugins that refused to compile, MOOSETools and SurfaceLIC.

As a quick and dirty fix that worked (at least for me) you can copy the /doc folders from source dir to build dir and it will resume compiling, like this:

 cp -R ParaView-v5.6.3/Plugins/SurfaceLIC/doc/ build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-v5.6.3/Plugins/SurfaceLIC/


 cp -R ParaView-v5.6.3/Plugins/MOOSETools/doc/ build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-v5.6.3/Plugins/MOOSETools/

You need to do this in ThirdParty root directory and you need to modify the paths according to your setup, but I hope you get the idea.

BR, zordiack

[klausb]

The problem still exists on AlmaLinux 9 (RHEL 9) with OpenFOAM v10 and ParaView-5.6.3:

Fix:

1: After starting the installation with ./makeParaView wait until ParaView is downloaded

2: Copy the contents of the directory ThirdParty-10/ParaView-5.6.3/Plugins/MOOSETools to the corresponding directory in the build directory i.e. ThirdParty-10/build/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.6.3/Plugins/MOOSETools

3: Do the same with the contents of the ParaView-5.6.3/Plugins/SurfaceLIC directory to the corresponding directory

Even so, the error refers to the missing /doc sub-directory, it`s necessary to copy the entire content of the MOOSETools and SurfaceLIC directories.

You can apply this fix while the ParaView installation runs as it takes a while to reach the point that causes the issue.

[wyldckat]

Quick answer: I'm somewhat late to answering this, but the somewhat simpler fix is to run the following command:

sed  -i -e 's=\(arg_TABLE_OF_CONTENTS}")\)=\1\n  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY  "${arg_DESTINATION_DIRECTORY}")='  ParaView-5.6.3/CMake/ParaViewMacros.cmake

• Note: This will only work if the ParaView source code package was already unpacked.

If your build already failed, then run the makeParaView command with the following additional options:

-make -install

so that it will continue from where it left off, instead of starting from zero.

[amin.z]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer: I'm somewhat late to answering this, but the somewhat simpler fix is to run the following command:

sed  -i -e 's=\(arg_TABLE_OF_CONTENTS}")\)=\1\n  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY  "${arg_DESTINATION_DIRECTORY}")='  ParaView-5.6.3/CMake/ParaViewMacros.cmake

• Note: This will only work if the ParaView source code package was already unpacked.

If your build already failed, then run the makeParaView command with the following additional options:

-make -install

so that it will continue from where it left off, instead of starting from zero.

You're a life saver Bruno!

Thanks for your both hints