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Chris Greenshields

OpenFOAM Repo: 5. Compiling OpenFOAM

With the Third Party software installed and environment updated, compile OpenFOAM by going into the OpenFOAM-dev directory.  It contains a script named Allwmake which can execute the compilation in serial, by default, or parallel with the -j option.  It can also compile multiple libraries and executables simultaneously with the -q […]

1st May 2016

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OpenFOAM Repo: 4. Third Party Software

OpenFOAM relies on third-party software packages for some important tasks: Scotch, PT-Scotch and Zoltan for domain decomposition and redistribution for parallel running. This is essential for non-trivial geometries for which simpler bisection-based methods produce inefficient decompositions. ParaView visualization application. This is essential for interactive pre- and post-processing, but may not […]

1st May 2016

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Upgrading RHEL 6 Packages for OpenFOAM

As the root user (e.g. typing sudo -i), programming tools can be installed by executing the following commands in a terminal: yum groupinstall ‘Development Tools’ yum install openmpi openmpi-devel yum install epel-release yum install –nogpgcheck qtwebkit qtwebkit-devel yum install –nogpgcheck CGAL CGAL-devel The Boost C++ library is installed automatically for […]

30th April 2016

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OpenFOAM 3.0.1 Released

OpenFOAM version 3.0.1 is a patch release of version 3.0.0 that fixes critical bugs and improves usability and consistency in the code. As a patch release, we strongly recommend users of v3.0.0 upgrade to this version; users of the Ubuntu pack (openfoam30) will receive 3.0.1 as part of a system upgrade, e.g. with “apt-get upgrade”. Version 3.0.1 is distributed as:

  • a packaged installation for Ubuntu Linux — the simplest installation option for OpenFOAM;
  • a source pack for compilation on other Linux distributions.

15th December 2015

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OpenFOAM 3.0.0 Released

OpenFOAM version 3.0.0 is the first major new version of OpenFOAM since 2011, which breaks some backward compatibility with the version 2 release that require some changes to one or two case files. It is is a snapshot of the OpenFOAM-dev repository, launched following the release of version 2.3.1 in December 2014, that includes over 800 code commits. Version 3.0.0 is distributed as:

  • a packaged installation for Ubuntu Linux — the simplest installation option for OpenFOAM;
  • a source pack for compilation on other Linux distributions.

3rd November 2015

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OpenFOAM 2.4.0 Released

OpenFOAM version 2.4.0 is a minor release of OpenFOAM with changes to some internal API, new features particularly relating to pre- and post-processing, and further bug fixes to version 2.3.1. It includes over 200 code commits and almost 800 file changes. Version 2.4.0 is distributed as:

  • a packaged installation for Ubuntu Linux — the simplest installation option for OpenFOAM;
  • a source pack for compilation on other Linux distributions.

22nd May 2015

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