[Sgs]

I have OpenFOAM installed on a Mac and can use the software just fine (e.g. the cavity tutorial and my own setup scripts run fine) but I'm having trouble developing the code.

I run into a couple permissions errors while trying to run Allwmake from /opt/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-v1712, though I do have permissions to execute Allwmake. The error output is attached.

I don't have permissions to edit files in /opt/src and cannot seem to use chmod to change this.

I can log in to Docker as root with
docker run -u 0 -it mycontainerID bash
rather than with
./startMacOpenFOAM

and then I can edit files in the src directory with vi, but cannot run Allwmake because of the error
./Allwmake
Error (Allwmake) : not located in $WM_PROJECT_DIR
Check your OpenFOAM environment and installation

and
$ echo $WM_PROJECT_DIR

shows that this variable is not defined.

Also, after I detach from the container and then re-attach, my edit to a file in src vanished.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[PositronCascade]

Why don't you directly compile the source code on Mac instead of considering Docker? I think it should work.

[Sgs]

Using Docker seems to be the recommended way to run OpenFOAM according to
https://www.openfoam.com/download/in...binary-mac.php


And the site suggests that there is
A complete development environment to compile local modifications and create executables.

and also that
The Docker environment contains a full OpenFOAM development environment so all Allwmake, wmake, wclean etc. commands work (it is running the actual environment OpenFOAM was compiled in!)

so it would be great to understand why wmake isn't working.

[Sgs]

https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-gui...-applications/