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Once virtualenv and rpm-org are installed and virtualenv is activated as shown above, follow the [http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Installation/Linux/foam-extend-3.0 tutorial] that shows how to build foam-extend on Linux, the rest of the steps are exactly the same as shown there.
 
Once virtualenv and rpm-org are installed and virtualenv is activated as shown above, follow the [http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Installation/Linux/foam-extend-3.0 tutorial] that shows how to build foam-extend on Linux, the rest of the steps are exactly the same as shown there.
  
 
= Arch Linux Versions =
 
 
== Manjaro Linux ==
 
 
The official website for Manjaro is this: [http://manjaro.org/ Manjaro Linux]
 
 
Here you have a few choices:
 
* You can install from source, by either:
 
** Following the available official instructions from one of these repositories:
 
*** [http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/foam-extend-3.0/ci/master/tree/doc/buildInstructions/Arch/Manjaro Building Instructions for Manjaro Linux at the official Extend repository]
 
*** [http://repo.or.cz/w/foam-extend-3.0.git/tree/master:/doc/buildInstructions/Arch/Manjaro Building Instructions for Manjaro Linux at repo.or.cz mirror]
 
*** [https://github.com/Unofficial-Extend-Project-Mirror/openfoam-extend-foam-extend-3.0/tree/master/doc/buildInstructions/Arch/Manjaro Building Instructions for Manjaro Linux at Unofficial-Extend-Project-Mirror@github mirror]
 
*** '''Note''': Before following any of the instructions above, check the section [[../#Note regarding foam-extend-3.0|Note regarding foam-extend-3.0]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Installing OpenFOAM on Linux]] [[Category:Installing OpenFOAM on Arch Linux]]
 
[[Category:Installing OpenFOAM on Linux]] [[Category:Installing OpenFOAM on Arch Linux]]

Revision as of 12:55, 15 June 2014

1 Introduction

Arch Linux is a rolling source-based distribution. It has an official package manager called 'pacman' and its extension 'yaourt' that installs community contributed software packages. The packages installed in this distribution are source-code based, which means that the distribution always gives access to the newest software versions. This can cause some problems when building and installing foam-extend, as for example PyFoam has been ported to Python 3 (see) but not been tested under working conditions.

2 Installing rpm-org

Install rpm-org, and remove rpm if you have it already installed.

   yaourt -R rpm 
   yaourt -S rpm-org 

3 Installing and configuring virtualenv python virtual environment

Arch uses Python 3.*, and foam-extend relies on Python 2.*. To easily switch between python versions, virtualenv is recommended.


Install easy_install

   yaourt -S python-setuptools

Install virtualenv:

   sudo easy_install virtualenv

Configure the python2.7 environment for foamext:

   virtualenv -p python2.7 --no-site-packages ~/env/foamext

Source the python2.7 environment for foamext:

   source ~/env/foamext/bin/activate

4 Building foam-extend

Once virtualenv and rpm-org are installed and virtualenv is activated as shown above, follow the tutorial that shows how to build foam-extend on Linux, the rest of the steps are exactly the same as shown there.