Contrib:KeesWouters/installproblems/openFoam

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Instalation and installation problems regarding openFoam

August 2013
I followed the openfoam.org website to install OpenFoam on my Mint system [OpenFoam for Ubuntu]. Note

• lines are commands to paste into a terminal
  
  

• VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
• sudo sh -c "echo deb http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu $VERS main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list" *)
  

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install openfoam221
• sudo apt-get install paraviewopenfoam3120

Then open the .bashrc file in the user’s home directory

• gedit ~/.bashrc

At the bottom of that file add the following line and save the file

• source /opt/openfoam221/etc/bashrc
  
• source $HOME/.bashrc
  

Test that the icoFoam application is working by typing

• icoFoam -help

A “Usage” message should appear. Your installation and user configuration is complete.

Note:
check version VERS:
kees@Amdaltrax:~$ VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
kees@Amdaltrax:~$ echo $VERS
nadia
kees@Amdaltrax:~$

*) This line does not work for my Mint installation:

• sudo sh -c "echo deb http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu $VERS main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list"
  

so I hard coded the version according to [Linux Mint]

• sudo sh -c "echo deb http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu precise main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list"
  

Getting started

• mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN
• cp -r $FOAM_TUTORIALS $FOAM_RUN
• cd $FOAM_RUN/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity
• blockMesh
• icoFoam
• paraFoam