[alanerickson]

Trying to do my first openfoam install on ubuntu 18.04 and running into the error below. Thought it might be something with my isp and so I tried a vpn but that didn't help. Maybe something with my router, which is pfsense? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

root@alan-HP-ProDesk-400-G4-MT:~# sudo add-apt-repository http://dl.openfoam.org/ubuntu
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://dl.openfoam.org/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                    
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                                        
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                              
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease                                                      
Hit:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease                              
Hit:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease                              
Ign:2 https://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                  
Err:10 https://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu bionic Release
  Redirection from https to 'http://dl.openfoam.org/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release' is forbidden [IP: 52.56.138.82 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

[CorsaGT]

Better super late than never. I've just completed my first OpenFOAM (and HELYX-OS) install on Ubuntu 20.04, and ran into the same problem along the way.

The problem is that add-apt-repository, by default, doesn't allow redirection from https to http URLs. I have no idea why parts of the OpenFOAM repo are not secure.

Check out these documentation pages for add-apt-repository:

• https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/...cure.8.en.html
• https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/...conf.5.en.html

You need to copy /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf to /etc/apt/ and add 'AllowInsecureRepositories "true";' within the 'Acquire' group. I also commented out all of the other sample options.

[olesen]

Originally Posted by CorsaGT

Better super late than never. I've just completed my first OpenFOAM (and HELYX-OS) install on Ubuntu 20.04, and ran into the same problem along the way.

The problem is that add-apt-repository, by default, doesn't allow redirection from https to http URLs. I have no idea why parts of the OpenFOAM repo are not secure.

Check out these documentation pages for add-apt-repository:

• https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/...cure.8.en.html
• https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/...conf.5.en.html

You need to copy /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf to /etc/apt/ and add 'AllowInsecureRepositories "true";' within the 'Acquire' group. I also commented out all of the other sample options.

Hi Nolan,
Do we have any of the same issues with the openfoam-com version?
https://develop.openfoam.com/Develop...ompiled/debian
Thanks in advance.
/mark