The OpenFOAM Foundation
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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:
For Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 15.10
For Compilation on GNU/Linux
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:
For Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 15.10
For Compilation on GNU/Linux
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: