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0000433OpenFOAMBugpublic2015-01-01 14:52
Reporteruser363Assigned Tohenry  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Summary0000433: Installing OpenFOAM from the instructions with tcsh
DescriptionInstructions of OF installation at
http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php
don't work if you are using tcsh. That is not made clear upfront. The very first command does not work.
Also, the cshrc file is not up-to-date ... some of the $FOAM values are not the same as the bashrc. After fixing these issues on my local install (following the steps outlined on the webpage) - I could get icoFoam to work, but paraFoam did not work. Also, I could not run icoFoam in parallel (mpirun -np 2 icoFoam). I had to install Third-party directory in my home directory (installation in /opt would not work) and make appropriate changes in the cshrc file so that it could find the correct mpi
/home/username/ThirdParty-2.1.0/platforms/linux64Gcc/openmpi-1.5.3/bin/mpif77.
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user4

2012-02-24 09:10

  ~0001064

Hello Jay,

You are right in that the pre-built packs only support bash. I thought I was the only person left running tcsh ;-) so haven't done those tcsh scipts.

Using the source pack (or git) and building it yourself should work ok under tcsh (that is how I am running)

Mattijs

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-02-23 18:21 user363 New Issue
2012-02-24 09:10 user4 Note Added: 0001064
2015-01-01 14:52 henry Status new => closed
2015-01-01 14:52 henry Assigned To => henry
2015-01-01 14:52 henry Resolution open => no change required