[maxims]

Hi, All,
I'm just new to the OpenFOAM. I want to use OpenFOAM on the cluster of our institute. I'm also not so familiar with Linux, I just follow the official website procedure. As I do installation check, I got following message:


Checking basic setup...
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Shell: bash
Host: mgmt
OS: Linux version 2.6.18-92.el5
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Checking main OpenFOAM env variables...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR /home02/qschen/OpenFOAM yes yes
$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR /home02/qschen/OpenFOAM/qschen-1.7.0 no no
$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR /home02/qschen/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.0 yes yes
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Checking the OpenFOAM env variables set on the PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$WM_PROJECT_DIR /home02/qschen/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0 yes yes yes
$FOAM_APPBIN ...7.0/applications/bin/linux64GccDPOpt no yes
$FOAM_SITE_APPBIN ...nFOAM/site/1.7.0/bin/linux64GccDPOpt no no
$FOAM_USER_APPBIN ...7.0/applications/bin/linux64GccDPOpt no no
$WM_DIR ...qschen/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/wmake yes yes yes
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Checking the OpenFOAM env variables set on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH...
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Environment_variable Set_to_file_or_directory Valid Path Crit
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$FOAM_LIBBIN ...M/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt yes yes yes
$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN ...nFOAM/site/1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt no no
$FOAM_USER_LIBBIN ...OAM/qschen-1.7.0/lib/linux64GccDPOpt no no
$MPI_ARCH_PATH ...0/platforms/linux64Gcc/openmpi-1.4.1 yes yes yes
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Third party software
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Software Version Location
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CRITICAL ERROR: gcc version lower than required
Supplied version: 4.1.2
Minimum required: 4.3.1
gcc 4.1.2 /usr/lib64/ccache/bin/gcc
gzip 1.3.5 /bin/gzip
tar 1.15.1 /bin/tar
icoFoam
WARNING: Conflicting installations:
OpenFOAM settings : /home02/qschen/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.0/applications/bin/linux64GccDPOpt/icoFoam
current path :
CRITICAL ERROR
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Summary
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Base configuration ok.
*** The foam installation contains 2 critical error(s)
*** Review the output for warning messages and consult
*** the installation guide for trouble shooting.
done.



There seems two errors, one is for lower gcc compiler, what about the other one? Could anyone give me any hint?
Because I use the cluster from institute, the only way to update the gcc is to ask the administrator to do it, right?
I found many no(s) from this checking results, are they important? I really don't know how to deal with it.

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Sincerely,
Max

[gwierink]

Hi Max,

Did you compile OpenFOAM or use the binaries?

Supplied version: 4.1.2
Minimum required: 4.3.1
gcc 4.1.2 /usr/lib64/ccache/bin/gcc

Do you have a possibility to use or install a newer version of gcc? (perhaps you know, but do you perhaps need to load a gcc module on your cluster?)

[j-avdeev]

CRITICAL ERROR: gcc version lower than required
Supplied version: 4.1.2
Minimum required: 4.3.1

I have same error. But I have gcc44 installed. What I have to change in OpenFoam-1.7.1/etc/bashrc ?

$ gcc -v
gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)
$ gcc44 -v
gcc version 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC)

I have tryed to change WM_COMPILER directive in OpenFOAM-1.7.1/etc/bashrc

: ${WM_COMPILER:=Gcc44}; export WM_COMPILER

unset WM_COMPILER_ARCH WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH

this not helped me.

Also I have OpenFOAM-2.1.1. It works. bashrc in 1.7.1 and 2.1.1 wrote in a bit differ style, but maybe I can use some parts of 2.1.1's bashrc for editing 1.7.1's bashrc?

And, yes, I want 1.7.1 for gdbOF (http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib_gdbOF), which works only on 1.7.1.