Which Linux distribution should I use

matthias1 · September 9, 2008, 09:32

Hi,
I tried to install OpenFOAM 1.5 on the newest Versions of Ubuntu and Fedora. The OpenFOAM installation worked, however, paraFoam crashed on both of them.
Which distributions are you using? Which Qt version are you using?
Thanks

lin · September 9, 2008, 10:51

Just for a feedback.

I use Fedora9. paraFoam works,though sometime crash,but it seldom happens.

elorriaux · September 9, 2008, 10:57

Hello,

i think the best advice i can give you is to choose a distribution you are confortable with.

Whatever the distribution, it's a Linux, so you can make it working with OF, maybe considering some tweaks.

I'm using Gentoo and qt-4.3.3

I've heard that OF releases are packaged on suse, so perhaps it's a little easier with this one.

Regards, Etienne.

alberto · September 9, 2008, 16:31

I use openSUSE 11.0.

Regards,
Alberto

msrinath80 · September 9, 2008, 16:33

I use Debain (testing) lenny. I just built OpenFOAM-1.5.x from the latest git sources yesterday without any problems :-)

mbeaudoin · September 9, 2008, 17:50

From the Release Notes, section 2:
http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/do...leaseNotes-1.5

The 64bit binary packs of the OpenFOAM release were compiled on a machine running SuSE GNU/Linux version 10.2 and the 32bit on a machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux version 7.1. The release has also been tested on SuSE 10.0, 10.3 and Ubuntu 8.04. We recommend that users run OpenFOAM on one of these or a similar recent version of GNU/Linux.

Martin

gschaider · September 10, 2008, 05:46

Hi!

The general answer is that if you recompile the distribution it will run on almost any Linux.

For the binary distribution I tried (just for fun) this http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/a...cation-checker application (just untrarred the binary packages for 64 bit into a directory, pointed the application checker to it and let it rip). The check failed for all distributions, mainly because it didn't know libmpfr.so and libnuma.so (whose absence seems to be one of the main reasons for failing 1.5 installations, judging by other threads), but apart from that Fedora 8/9, Ubuntu 8.04, OpenSUSE 10.3/11.0 Mandriva 2008, SLES 10 SP1/SP2, Oracle Enterprise Linux (anyone using that for CFD? ;) ) and RHEL 5.1 seem to be fine (which is of course no guarantee that installation will fail on any other Linux). For older Linuxes the lack of a default-installed QT4 seems to be the problem.

Bernhard

September 9, 2008, 09:32	Hi, I tried to install OpenFO	#1
matthias1 New Member Matthias Buchebner Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I tried to install OpenFOAM 1.5 on the newest Versions of Ubuntu and Fedora. The OpenFOAM installation worked, however, paraFoam crashed on both of them. Which distributions are you using? Which Qt version are you using? Thanks

September 9, 2008, 10:51	Just for a feedback. I use	#2
lin Senior Member Hua Zen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 138 Rep Power: 17	Just for a feedback. I use Fedora9. paraFoam works,though sometime crash,but it seldom happens.

September 9, 2008, 10:57	Hello, i think the best adv	#3
elorriaux Member Etienne Lorriaux Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Compiegne, France Posts: 45 Rep Power: 17	Hello, i think the best advice i can give you is to choose a distribution you are confortable with. Whatever the distribution, it's a Linux, so you can make it working with OF, maybe considering some tweaks. I'm using Gentoo and qt-4.3.3 I've heard that OF releases are packaged on suse, so perhaps it's a little easier with this one. Regards, Etienne.

September 9, 2008, 16:31	I use openSUSE 11.0. Regard	#4
alberto Senior Member Alberto Passalacqua Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ames, Iowa, United States Posts: 1,912 Rep Power: 36	I use openSUSE 11.0. Regards, Alberto __________________ Alberto Passalacqua GeekoCFD - A free distribution based on openSUSE 64 bit with CFD tools, including OpenFOAM. Available as in both physical and virtual formats (current status: http://albertopassalacqua.com/?p=1541) OpenQBMM - An open-source implementation of quadrature-based moment methods. To obtain more accurate answers, please specify the version of OpenFOAM you are using.

September 9, 2008, 16:33	I use Debain (testing) lenny.	#5
msrinath80 Senior Member Srinath Madhavan (a.k.a pUl\|) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Posts: 703 Rep Power: 21	I use Debain (testing) lenny. I just built OpenFOAM-1.5.x from the latest git sources yesterday without any problems :-)

September 9, 2008, 17:50	From the Release Notes, sectio	#6
mbeaudoin Senior Member Martin Beaudoin Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 332 Rep Power: 22	From the Release Notes, section 2: http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/do...leaseNotes-1.5 The 64bit binary packs of the OpenFOAM release were compiled on a machine running SuSE GNU/Linux version 10.2 and the 32bit on a machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux version 7.1. The release has also been tested on SuSE 10.0, 10.3 and Ubuntu 8.04. We recommend that users run OpenFOAM on one of these or a similar recent version of GNU/Linux. Martin

September 10, 2008, 05:46	Hi! The general answer is t	#7
gschaider Assistant Moderator Bernhard Gschaider Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,225 Rep Power: 51	Hi! The general answer is that if you recompile the distribution it will run on almost any Linux. For the binary distribution I tried (just for fun) this http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/a...cation-checker application (just untrarred the binary packages for 64 bit into a directory, pointed the application checker to it and let it rip). The check failed for all distributions, mainly because it didn't know libmpfr.so and libnuma.so (whose absence seems to be one of the main reasons for failing 1.5 installations, judging by other threads), but apart from that Fedora 8/9, Ubuntu 8.04, OpenSUSE 10.3/11.0 Mandriva 2008, SLES 10 SP1/SP2, Oracle Enterprise Linux (anyone using that for CFD? ;) ) and RHEL 5.1 seem to be fine (which is of course no guarantee that installation will fail on any other Linux). For older Linuxes the lack of a default-installed QT4 seems to be the problem. Bernhard __________________ Note: I don't use "Friend"-feature on this forum out of principle. Ah. And by the way: I'm not on Facebook either. So don't be offended if I don't accept your invitation/friend request

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