We recommend that OpenFOAM is installed in a user account to
make administration easier. The standard installation directory is the
$HOME/OpenFOAM directory of that user account. Create this directory if
necessary. Download the following files into $HOME/OpenFOAM; those marked
optional are not necessary for the installation to work and generally not
required.
Decompress each file with GNU gtar and gzip using the command ”tar xzf<filename>”, beginning with the source files (OpenFOAM-1.6.General.gtgzand ThirdParty.General.gtgz - these source files must be present forOpenFOAM to be operational). The OpenFOAM source and (any)
binary files unpack into a $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6 directory.
The third-party software unpacks into a $HOME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty
directory.
Installation
After unpacking, the user should consult the README file for installation instructions
(available in the release at $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6/README).
Qt and ParaView
In the first instance, a suitable Qt library must be installed on the system to be
able to use the ParaView visualisation software. Please consult the relevant
section of the README file for more information.
In many cases, the binary release of the ParaView and the PV3FoamReader
module will not work due to version incompatibility problems in Qt. If this
happens, it will be necessary to compile both applications as described in the
relevant section of the README file.
Third party software
The software included in the ThirdParty pack includes:
gcc-4.3.3
GNU C/C++ compiler
gmp-4.2.4
Multiprecision arithmetic library
MPFR-2.4.1
Multiprecision arithmetic library
malloc
C++ standard library for dynamic memory allocation