no rules for target *Foam.dep which needed...

goodkid · May 7, 2011, 10:00

when i compiled a new slover which was just copied by an existed solver and only modified about the equation,it came an error that was "make error ,no rules to target *Foam.dep which is needed by ..."

but when i wclean an existed slover and wmake again ,it is OK.

i used OpenFoam in redhat 5.

gwierink · May 8, 2011, 12:33

Did you change both the C file and the names in Make/files to the same names? So, to change icoFoam to somethingElseFoam, change icoFoam.C to somethingElseFoam.C and change Make/files from

Code:

icoFoam.C  

EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/icoFoam

to

Code:

somethingElseFoam.C  

EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/somethingElseFoam

and do wclean and wmake.

goodkid · May 12, 2011, 21:54

Dear Gijs!
Thank you very much for you reply!
I just have done it with your notes.The problem i hvae is that i forgot to wclean the existed slover before i copied the existed slover.when i do wclean first,it works very well.

May 7, 2011, 10:00	*no rules for target Foam.dep which needed...**	#1
goodkid New Member J.Y.Cheng Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 15	when i compiled a new slover which was just copied by an existed solver and only modified about the equation,it came an error that was "make error ,no rules to target *Foam.dep which is needed by ..." but when i wclean an existed slover and wmake again ,it is OK. i used OpenFoam in redhat 5.

May 8, 2011, 12:33		#2
gwierink Senior Member Gijsbert Wierink Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 383 Rep Power: 18	Did you change both the C file and the names in Make/files to the same names? So, to change icoFoam to somethingElseFoam, change icoFoam.C to somethingElseFoam.C and change Make/files from Code: icoFoam.C EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/icoFoam to Code: somethingElseFoam.C EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/somethingElseFoam and do wclean and wmake. __________________ Regards, Gijs

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May 12, 2011, 21:54		#3
goodkid New Member J.Y.Cheng Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 15	Dear Gijs! Thank you very much for you reply! I just have done it with your notes.The problem i hvae is that i forgot to wclean the existed slover before i copied the existed slover.when i do wclean first,it works very well.