[jonya]

I have got some experience with Installation OF 1.6 on SUSE 11.2 and wat to share it here.
Also I have OF 1.6 Ubuntu 9.10 installation guide here on Russian for now.
I hope it will be usefull.

Upd http://www.extra.os-cfd.ru/ - now you coul find this guides here.

[alberto]

It looks familiar

Anyway thanks for making a PDF out of it.

Best,

[jonya]

Hi, alberto!
Sorry for copy without reference to you. I've corrected the file.
Sincerely,
Eugen Varseev

[alberto]

No problem

[jonya]

I updated PDF versions of Guides for OF Ubuntu 9.04 Installation on Russian and English here

[vishal]

Originally Posted by jonya

I have got some experience with Installation OF 1.6 on SUSE 11.2 and wat to share it here.
Also I have OF 1.6 Ubuntu 9.10 installation guide here on Russian for now.
I hope it will be usefull.

following is the reply when i am trying to check my installation. can you please he


vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/bin> ./foamInstallationTest
Executing ./foamInstallationTest:


Checking basic setup...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FATAL ERROR: OpenFOAM environment not configured.

Please refer to the installation section of the README file:

<OpenFOAM installation dir>/OpenFOAM-1.6/README

to source the OpenFOAM environment.

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/bin>

why is it happning even if i edited the bashrc file in etc dir

please let me know.....

[alberto]

You should not modify that file if not to change the compiler (if you want to use the system compiler).

Usually the error you get comes out when you didn't source that bashrc file in your system bashrc (~/.bashrc), as explained in the README file.

Best,

[vishal]

Originally Posted by alberto

You should not modify that file if not to change the compiler (if you want to use the system compiler).

Usually the error you get comes out when you didn't source that bashrc file in your system bashrc (~/.bashrc), as explained in the README file.

Best,

Thanks,

you mean to say i need to put following line in my ~/.bashrc file

. $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/etc/bashrc

but, when i try to open bashrc file i get following error

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM> ~/.bashrc
bash: /home/vishal/.bashrc: Permission denied

i know it some ACCESS ISSUE, but i really don't know how could i get it. i guess then it should work.

can you please help.

[jonya]

Originally Posted by vishal

Thanks,

you mean to say i need to put following line in my ~/.bashrc file

. $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/etc/bashrc

but, when i try to open bashrc file i get following error

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM> ~/.bashrc
bash: /home/vishal/.bashrc: Permission denied

i know it some ACCESS ISSUE, but i really don't know how could i get it. i guess then it should work.

can you please help.

Hi,
Use Sudo command. Like this:

sudo gedit

And then open bashrc file.
Eugeny

[vishal]

Hi,

following is the erroe i am facing
and i am using system compiler for compilation.

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x> sudo kate bashrc
root's password:
kate: cannot connect to X server

what to do now...... ???

[wyldckat]

Greetings Vishal,

Originally Posted by vishal

you mean to say i need to put following line in my ~/.bashrc file

. $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6.x/etc/bashrc

Yes, so far so good...

Originally Posted by vishal

but, when i try to open bashrc file i get following error

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM> ~/.bashrc
bash: /home/vishal/.bashrc: Permission denied

Ah, because "~/.bashrc" isn't an executable, it's a file with environment definitions. For using it directly, you should follow the same method used with OpenFOAM's bashrc, namely sourcing the file, like this:

. ~/.bashrc

or this

source ~/.bashrc

Remember when foamInstallationTest gave you:

Originally Posted by vishal

Please refer to the installation section of the README file:

<OpenFOAM installation dir>/OpenFOAM-1.6/README

to source the OpenFOAM environment.

I also thought at first that the term "source" meant "edit" in this context, but it actually

is a way of getting commands to run in your current shell (from: The Source command)

But the best way is to start a new terminal, since it will start with a clean environment and it will (or at least should) source the ~/.bashrc file on it's own.

Best regards,
Bruno

[vishal]

I tried the same but i am still having following problem.

vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM> . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/bashrc
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/bashrc: No such file or directory
vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM> source ~/.bashrc
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/settings.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/aliases.sh: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/apps/ensight/bashrc: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
bash: /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/foamCleanPath: No such file or directory
vishal@linux-tle1:~/OpenFOAM>

What am i really suppose to do when they say following in Installation README file

if running bash or ksh (if in doubt type echo $SHELL), source the etc/bashrc file by adding the following line to the end of your $HOME/.bashrc file:

• . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/bashrc

Then update the environment variables by sourcing the $HOME/.bashrc file by typing in the terminal:

• . $HOME/.bashrc

i am really sorry for sounding so stupid.....

[wyldckat]

Hello Vishal,

This is starting to look very strange indeed... it seems that there is something else missing.

OK, let's take a few steps back:

• What instruction guide have you followed?
• What files have you downloaded and unpacked?
• What commands did you use to unpack?
• Did you run the commands in normal user or super-user/root?
• Have you checked if those files that it says "No such file or directory" do really exist? And what permissions do they have? Try running:

  ls -l /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/etc/
  ls -l /home/vishal/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/bin/

Best regards,
Bruno

[alberto]

I would suggest to get the sources from git repository, after deleting the OpenFOAM-1.6 directory. In this way you get a clean and updated source tree.

It would be better also to read some introductory guide to UNIX and Linux, so to become familiar with the environment. If you use openSUSE, there are introductory guides here:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse112/

No idea about ubuntu, since I don't use it (maybe when they stop forcing wrong practices on users like sudo...)

Good luck

[vishal]

Hi everyone,

Finally i got the software installed the ./foamInstellationTest ran successfully for me.

THanks for all your help.

[vishal]

Hi,

I have just followed the instructions in README and did everything from the begining.

This time i have used the OpenFOAM compiler for compilation.

The road block i was having was, i did not know how to open ".bashrc" file and thes i was trying very sutpid attempts.

finally i tried this :

vishal@linux-tle1:~> sudo kate .bashrc
(asked for password)
kate: cannot connect to X server (This messege i got)

again i put
vishal@linux-tle1:~> kate .bashrc

this worked and i got the file open.

after this i set the environmental variables by following commend

vishal@linux-tle1:~> . ~/.bashrc

and filally compiled the program using
vishal@linux-tle1/OpenFOAM:~> ./Allwmake

OpenFOAM is working fine for me

Thanks for your help.......