Installation/Linux/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/Ubuntu
1 Introduction
This page is dedicated to explaining how to install OpenFOAM in Ubuntu.
If you do not yet feel comfortable using Linux, then perhaps you better first read the page Working with the Shell and train a bit with the shell/terminal environments, so you can have a better perception of the steps shown below.
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2 Copy-Paste steps
A few notes before you start copy-pasting:
- Lines that start with # don't have to be copy-pasted. They are just comments to let you know what's going on.
- One wrong character is enough for breaking this guide, so make sure you can read the characters properly or that the installed language system does not break the copied characters!
2.1 Ubuntu 10.04
Here you have the following choices:
- You can install from source:
- By following the instructions from here: Installation Procedure of OF220 on Ubuntu 10.04LTS
- Or by following the detailed step-by-step instructions below...
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
Steps:
- Switch to root mode (administrator) and install the necessary packages (run one line at a time):
sudo -s #if the 'sudo' command tells you're not in the sudoers list, #then remove the # from the next line: #su - #these 2 lines count as a single line, due to the blackslash "\" character apt-get install build-essential flex bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev \ libncurses-dev libxt-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin exit
- Download and unpack (here you can copy-paste all in single go):
#OpenFOAM downloading and installation cd ~ mkdir OpenFOAM cd OpenFOAM wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz
- For building OpenFOAM itself, it depends on whether you have installed the i386 or x86_64 architecture of Ubuntu. To check this, run:
uname -m
Now, accordingly:
- For i386:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI \ foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc45 WM_ARCH_OPTION=32 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For x86_64:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI \ foamCompiler=ThirdParty WM_COMPILER=Gcc45 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
Note: You probably will see a message similar to this one and it's meant to do so until we've built the custom Gcc version:
Warning in /home/user/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/config/settings.sh: Cannot find /home/user/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.2.0/platforms/linux64/gcc-4.5.2 installation. Please install this compiler version or if you wish to use the system compiler, change the 'foamCompiler' setting to 'system'
- For i386:
- Now we'll have to get all of the scripts we'll need to build GCC and binutils (because OpenFOAM 2.2 requires at least GC 4.5 and Ubuntu 10.04 only provides up to GCC 4.4):
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=102&type=bug" -O getGcc wget --no-check-certificate "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/makeBinutils" wget --no-check-certificate "https://raw.github.com/wyldckat/ThirdParty-2.0.x/binutils/getBinutils" chmod +x get* make* #we need to disable the ''multilib'' functionality, since we won't need to build both 32 and 64bit architectures. sed -i -e 's=\(--with-system-zlib \)=\1--disable-multilib =' makeGcc
- Now let's get and build Gcc 4.5.2 and company:
./getGcc gcc-4.5.2 ./makeGcc gcc-4.5.2 gmp-5.0.1 mpfr-2.4.2 mpc-0.8.1 > mkgcc.log 2>&1 wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS
If it still gives you the same error message from #3, then something went wrong...
- Now let's get and build a custom GNU Binutils:
./getBinutils ./makeBinutils gcc-4.5.2 > mkbinutils.log 2>&1
- Now let's build OpenFOAM:
(Warning: this may take somewhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on your machine.)
#Go into OpenFOAM's main source folder cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR # This next command will take a while... somewhere between 30 minutes to 3-6 hours. ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1 #Run it a second time for getting a summary of the installation ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1
- To check if everything went well:
#Check if icoFoam is working icoFoam -help #Edit the file "make.log" and check if there are any error messages #Example: gedit make.log #Create a tarball in case you've seen any errors (it's the first error that matters) #or if you don't understand the output #and attach the file "make.log.tar.gz" to a post in the designated thread tar -czf make.log.tar.gz make.log
- Ubuntu 10.04 comes with CMake 2.8.0, but that version has a bug that makes it impossible to build ParaView 3.12.0. Therefore, we'll need to do a custom build:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR wget "http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=143&type=bug" -O getCmake chmod +x getCmake ./getCmake ./makeCmake wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS
- Now, in order to build ParaView 3.12.0 that comes with OpenFOAM:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR ./makeParaView cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS ./Allwclean ./Allwmake
- Now you can go read the User Guide: official OpenFOAM User Guide
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
2.2 Ubuntu 12.04
Here you have at least two choices:
- You can install the Deb packages, which provide a quick and easy way for having a working installation of OpenFOAM 2.2.0. This is the quickest solution for beginners and instructions are provided here: Ubuntu Deb Pack Installation
- Note: If are getting an error when trying to install the packages for Ubuntu, then check this FAQ: Why am I not able to install the official OpenFOAM Deb packages on Ubuntu ?
- You can install from source, by either:
- Following the official instructions from here: Source Pack Installation
- Or by following the detailed step-by-step instructions below...
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
Steps:
- Switch to root mode (administrator) and install the necessary packages (run one line at a time):
sudo -s #if the 'sudo' command tells you're not in the sudoers list, #then remove the # from the next line: #su - #these 2 lines count as a single line, due to the blackslash "\" character apt-get install build-essential cmake flex bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev \ libncurses-dev libxt-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin exit
- Download and unpack (here you can copy-paste all in single go):
#OpenFOAM downloading and installation cd ~ mkdir OpenFOAM cd OpenFOAM wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz
- For building OpenFOAM itself, it depends on whether you have installed the i686 or x86_64 architecture of Ubuntu. To check this, run:
uname -m
Now, accordingly:
- For i686:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI WM_ARCH_OPTION=32 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For x86_64:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For i686:
- Now let's build OpenFOAM:
(Warning: this may take somewhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on your machine.)
#Go into OpenFOAM's main source folder cd OpenFOAM-2.2.0 # This next command will take a while... somewhere between 30 minutes to 3-6 hours. ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1 #Run it a second time for getting a summary of the installation ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1
- To check if everything went well:
#Check if icoFoam is working icoFoam -help #Edit the file "make.log" and check if there are any error messages #Example: gedit make.log #Create a tarball in case you've seen any errors (it's the first error that matters) #or if you don't understand the output #and attach the file "make.log.tar.gz" to a post in the designated thread tar -czf make.log.tar.gz make.log
- Now, in order to build ParaView 3.12.0 that comes with OpenFOAM:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR ./makeParaView cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS ./Allwclean ./Allwmake
- Now you can go read the User Guide: official OpenFOAM User Guide
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
2.3 Ubuntu 12.10
Here you have at least two choices:
- You can install the Deb packages, which provide a quick and easy way for having a working installation of OpenFOAM 2.2.0. This is the quickest solution for beginners and instructions are provided here: Ubuntu Deb Pack Installation
- Note: If are getting an error when trying to install the packages for Ubuntu, then check this FAQ: Why am I not able to install the official OpenFOAM Deb packages on Ubuntu ?
- You can install from source, by either:
- Following the official instructions from here: Source Pack Installation
- Or by following the detailed step-by-step instructions below...
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
Steps:
- Switch to root mode (administrator) and install the necessary packages (run one line at a time):
sudo -s #if the 'sudo' command tells you're not in the sudoers list, #then remove the # from the next line: #su - #these 2 lines count as a single line, due to the blackslash "\" character apt-get install build-essential cmake flex bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev \ libncurses-dev libxt-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin exit
- Download and unpack (here you can copy-paste all in single go):
#OpenFOAM downloading and installation cd ~ mkdir OpenFOAM cd OpenFOAM wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz
- For building OpenFOAM itself, it depends on whether you have installed the i686 or x86_64 architecture of Ubuntu. To check this, run:
uname -m
Now, accordingly:
- For i686:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI WM_ARCH_OPTION=32 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For x86_64:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For i686:
- Now let's build OpenFOAM:
(Warning: this may take somewhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on your machine.)
#Go into OpenFOAM's main source folder cd OpenFOAM-2.2.0 # This next command will take a while... somewhere between 30 minutes to 3-6 hours. ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1 #Run it a second time for getting a summary of the installation ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1
- To check if everything went well:
#Check if icoFoam is working icoFoam -help #Edit the file "make.log" and check if there are any error messages #Example: gedit make.log #Create a tarball in case you've seen any errors (it's the first error that matters) #or if you don't understand the output #and attach the file "make.log.tar.gz" to a post in the designated thread tar -czf make.log.tar.gz make.log
- Now, in order to build ParaView 3.12.0 that comes with OpenFOAM:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR ./makeParaView cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS ./Allwclean ./Allwmake
- Now you can go read the User Guide: official OpenFOAM User Guide
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
2.4 Ubuntu 13.04
Here you have at least two choices:
- You can install the Deb packages, which provide a quick and easy way for having a working installation of OpenFOAM 2.2.0. This is the quickest solution for beginners and instructions are provided here: Ubuntu Deb Pack Installation
- WARNING: Ubuntu Raring is (probably) not yet officially supported using these Deb packages. You'll have to use a hack, where this line:
VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
should be replaced with this one:VERS=quantal
- Note: If are getting an error when trying to install the packages for Ubuntu, then check this FAQ: Why am I not able to install the official OpenFOAM Deb packages on Ubuntu ?
- WARNING: Ubuntu Raring is (probably) not yet officially supported using these Deb packages. You'll have to use a hack, where this line:
- You can install from source, by either:
- Following the official instructions from here: Source Pack Installation
- Or by following the detailed step-by-step instructions below...
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
Steps:
- Switch to root mode (administrator) and install the necessary packages (run one line at a time):
sudo -s #if the 'sudo' command tells you're not in the sudoers list, #then remove the # from the next line: #su - #these 2 lines count as a single line, due to the blackslash "\" character apt-get install build-essential cmake flex bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev \ libncurses-dev libxt-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin exit
- Download and unpack (here you can copy-paste all in single go):
#OpenFOAM downloading and installation cd ~ mkdir OpenFOAM cd OpenFOAM wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz
- For building OpenFOAM itself, it depends on whether you have installed the i686 or x86_64 architecture of Ubuntu. To check this, run:
uname -m
Now, accordingly:
- For i686:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI WM_ARCH_OPTION=32 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For x86_64:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For i686:
- Now let's build OpenFOAM:
(Warning: this may take somewhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on your machine.)
#Go into OpenFOAM's main source folder cd OpenFOAM-2.2.0 # This next command will take a while... somewhere between 30 minutes to 3-6 hours. ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1 #Run it a second time for getting a summary of the installation ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1
- To check if everything went well:
#Check if icoFoam is working icoFoam -help #Edit the file "make.log" and check if there are any error messages #Example: gedit make.log #Create a tarball in case you've seen any errors (it's the first error that matters) #or if you don't understand the output #and attach the file "make.log.tar.gz" to a post in the designated thread tar -czf make.log.tar.gz make.log
- Now, in order to build ParaView 3.12.0 that comes with OpenFOAM:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR ./makeParaView cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS ./Allwclean ./Allwmake
- Now you can go read the User Guide: official OpenFOAM User Guide
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
2.5 Ubuntu 13.10
Here you have at least two choices:
- You can install the Deb packages, which provide a quick and easy way for having a working installation of OpenFOAM 2.2.0. This is the quickest solution for beginners and instructions are provided here: Ubuntu Deb Pack Installation
- WARNING: Ubuntu Saucy is (probably) not yet officially supported using these Deb packages. You'll have to use a hack, where this line:
VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
should be replaced with this one:VERS=quantal
- Note: If are getting an error when trying to install the packages for Ubuntu, then check this FAQ: Why am I not able to install the official OpenFOAM Deb packages on Ubuntu ?
- WARNING: Ubuntu Saucy is (probably) not yet officially supported using these Deb packages. You'll have to use a hack, where this line:
- You can install from source, by either:
- Following the official instructions from here: Source Pack Installation
- Or by following the detailed step-by-step instructions below...
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.
Steps:
- Switch to root mode (administrator) and install the necessary packages (run one line at a time):
sudo -s #if the 'sudo' command tells you're not in the sudoers list, #then remove the # from the next line: #su - #these 2 lines count as a single line, due to the blackslash "\" character apt-get install build-essential cmake flex bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev gnuplot libreadline-dev \ libncurses-dev libxt-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin exit
- Download and unpack (here you can copy-paste all in single go):
#OpenFOAM downloading and installation cd ~ mkdir OpenFOAM cd OpenFOAM wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf OpenFOAM-2.2.0.tgz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.2.0.tgz
- For building OpenFOAM itself, it depends on whether you have installed the i686 or x86_64 architecture of Ubuntu. To check this, run:
uname -m
Now, accordingly:
- For i686:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI WM_ARCH_OPTION=32 echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For x86_64:
#here you can change 4 to the number of cores you've got source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc WM_NCOMPPROCS=4 WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI echo "source $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc $FOAM_SETTINGS" >> $HOME/.bashrc
- For i686:
- Fix the build options of Scotch:
sed -i -e 's=-lz -lm -lrt=-Xlinker --no-as-needed -lz -lm -lrt=' \ ThirdParty-2.2.0/etc/wmakeFiles/scotch/Makefile.inc.i686_pc_linux2.shlib-OpenFOAM-*
- Now let's build OpenFOAM:
(Warning: this may take somewhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on your machine.)
#Go into OpenFOAM's main source folder cd OpenFOAM-2.2.0 # This next command will take a while... somewhere between 30 minutes to 3-6 hours. ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1 #Run it a second time for getting a summary of the installation ./Allwmake > make.log 2>&1
- To check if everything went well:
#Check if icoFoam is working icoFoam -help #Edit the file "make.log" and check if there are any error messages #Example: gedit make.log #Create a tarball in case you've seen any errors (it's the first error that matters) #or if you don't understand the output #and attach the file "make.log.tar.gz" to a post in the designated thread tar -czf make.log.tar.gz make.log
- Now, in order to build ParaView 3.12.0 that comes with OpenFOAM:
cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR ./makeParaView cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3Readers wmSET $FOAM_SETTINGS ./Allwclean ./Allwmake
- Now you can go read the User Guide: official OpenFOAM User Guide
Discussion thread where you can ask questions about these steps: none so far.