Installation/Linux/foam-extend-3.2/Ubuntu

1 Introduction

This page is dedicated to preparing an Ubuntu system for installing the foam-extend project .

2 Ubuntu versions

2.1 Ubuntu 12.04

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev flex \
bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz python python-dev

Then follow the instructions on the previous page, subsection Get the source code, although keep in mind to run the following commands before you run source etc/bashrc:

echo export WM_COMPILER=Gcc49 >> etc/prefs.sh
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_GCC_492=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
echo export compilerInstall=FOAM >> etc/prefs.sh

More specifically, the commands should be executed something like this:

cd ~/foam/foam-extend-3.2
 
echo export WM_COMPILER=Gcc49 >> etc/prefs.sh
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_GCC_492=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
echo export compilerInstall=FOAM >> etc/prefs.sh
 
source etc/bashrc

2.2 Ubuntu 14.04

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
bison zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz python python-dev

Then continue following the instructions on the previous page, subsection Get the source code.

2.3 Ubuntu 15.10

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz python python-dev

Then follow the instructions on the previous page, subsection Get the source code, although keep in mind to run the following commands before you run source etc/bashrc:

echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1  >> etc/prefs.sh

More specifically, the commands should be executed something like this:

cd ~/foam/foam-extend-3.2
 
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
 
source etc/bashrc

2.4 Ubuntu 16.04

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev cmake flex \
zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz python python-dev

Then follow the instructions on the previous page, subsection Get the source code, although keep in mind to run the following commands before you run source etc/bashrc:

echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1  >> etc/prefs.sh

More specifically, the commands should be executed something like this:

cd ~/foam/foam-extend-3.2
 
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_BISON_27=1  >> etc/prefs.sh
 
source etc/bashrc

In addition, you will need to run the following command to fix an issue with the Flex version:

find src applications -name "*.L" -type f | xargs sed -i -e 's=\(YY\_FLEX\_SUBMINOR\_VERSION\)=YY_FLEX_MINOR_VERSION < 6 \&\& \1='