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1 Introduction

This is a step by step guide on how to cross-compile OpenFOAM in Linux for Windows, for both 32 and 64 bits architectures (to and from), using the patches available File:PatchesNBatches.tar.gz.

These patches were based on Symscape's "v3" patch for OpenFOAM available [1]. They differ substantially from that patch, as well as the more recent one available [2]. The build scripts for [3] were also based on the build-script available on the 1.5.x link.

With this guide and available patches, you should be able to cross-compile the whole OpenFOAM library and applications, using MPICH2 instead of Open MPI for parallel computing. You can cross-compile using [4] and/or [5]. These enable you to build OpenFOAM 1.6 for Windows 32 and 64 bit versions, from Linux 32 and 64bit architectures.

2 Get OpenFOAM packages

1. In your Linux machine, open a terminal window and create the folder $HOME/OpenFOAM.
2. Get OpenFOAM-1.6.General.gtgz and ThirdParty-1.6.General.gtgz from the website and move them to the folder $HOME/OpenFOAM.
3. Extract both files, by running in a terminal:

cd $HOME/OpenFOAM
tar xzf OpenFOAM-1.6.General.gtgz
tar xzf ThirdParty-1.6.General.gtgz