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Old   October 22, 2011, 17:04
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Hi Karl,

Are you sure these logs are updated? The log for ParaView states that cmake was not found, but it should have been found since you've installed it via apt-get!!

Start a new terminal and check if cmake is visible:
Code:
which cmake
If not, then try installing it once more:
Code:
sudo apt-get install cmake
Good luck!
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Old   October 23, 2011, 06:29
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hi Bruno,

this is so frustrating , i double, triple checked, i have indeed installed cmake:
/usr/bin/cmake
but the makePV log keeps telling me that: ./makeParaView: 295: cmake: not found
can you think of why? or what i might have done wrong?

Thank you for your patience,

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Old   October 23, 2011, 07:23
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Hi Karl,

OK, lets try this:
  1. Start a new terminal window.
  2. Check if cmake is visible:
    Code:
    which cmake
  3. Go to the ThirdParty folder and run makeParaView once more:
    Code:
    foam3rdParty
    ./makeParaView
Does it now find cmake?

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Old   October 23, 2011, 19:22
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Hi Karl,

Mmm... any chance you can use OpenFOAM 1.7.1 instead of 1.7.0? Because 1.7.0 will not compile properly with the default gcc 4.5.2 that comes with Ubuntu 11.04

If you can install 1.7.1, it just be easy enough to build everything after you installed those packages I've written in the previous post.

If you must really install 1.7.0, then you'll need a few more packages:
Code:
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.4 g++-4.4
Then run:
Code:
foam
echo "export WM_CC='gcc-4.4'" >> etc/prefs.sh
echo "export WM_CXX='g++-4.4'" >> etc/prefs.sh
These two lines will override the default compiler version and use the installed 4.4.x.
Additionally you'll need to make a little fix:
Code:
sed -i -e 's=cpp $(GFLAGS)=cpp -traditional-cpp $(GFLAGS)=' wmake/rules/linuxGcc/general
Then you can proceed as anticipated.

Best regards and good luck!
Bruno
hi Bruno,

iv given up on openfoam 1.7.0 for now. just installed 1.7.1 as you suggested, i now have a new problem:
I'm getting a paraview crash after typing the following commands

blockMesh
paraFoam

It displays the following message in the console window
created temporary 'cavity.OpenFOAM'
Read float past end of buffer
Read float past end of buffer
Read float past end of buffer
Read float past end of buffer

The paraview gui opens up with the following message:

A reader for "/home/karl/OpenFOAM/karl-1.7.1/run/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/cavity.OpenFOAM" cannot be found, please choose one:

I can see OpenFOAM in the list of readers. When I select it, it crashes paraview.

Thank you for your time

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Old   October 24, 2011, 05:28
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Hi Karl,

For the error "Read float past end of buffer", it's missing a hack for forcing the shell to be in normal english. Running:
Code:
export LC_ALL=C
before paraFoam should fix the problem.

To permanently fix the problem:
Code:
foam
cd bin
rm paraFoam
wget "https://raw.github.com/OpenCFD/OpenFOAM-1.7.x/master/bin/paraFoam" -O paraFoam
chmod +x paraFoam
Or you can compare the file in the link above with your local version of paraFoam.

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Old   October 24, 2011, 18:19
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Hi Bruno,

i finally have a working version of OpenFoam 2.0 installed on my Ubuntu 11.04

hopefully it will work for the purpose of my project, but just want to say thank you for your time and patience, i learnt a thing or two about openfoam from you at least.

Best

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Hi Karl,

You're welcome

Have fun with OpenFOAM
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