diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index 360c49a3a8420faa53b87e882c9912485db60445..415eb9f33a712c14c860dce9b433b46374edc37e 100644 --- a/README.html +++ b/README.html @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <title><b>OpenFOAM README for version 1.5</b></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta name="generator" content="Org-mode"/> -<meta name="generated" content="10 July 2008"/> +<meta name="generated" content="14 July 2008"/> <meta name="author" content="OpenCFD Ltd."/> <style type="text/css"> html { @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div id="text-table-of-contents"> <ul> <li><a href="#sec-1">1 Copyright</a></li> -<li><a href="#sec-2">2 System requirements</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-2">2 System requirements</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#sec-2.1">2.1 Qt (from http://trolltech.com/products/qt)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> <li><a href="#sec-3">3 Installation</a> <ul> <li><a href="#sec-3.1">3.1 Installation in alternative locations</a></li> @@ -50,10 +54,11 @@ lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <li><a href="#sec-4">4 Building from Sources (Optional)</a></li> <li><a href="#sec-5">5 Testing the installation</a></li> <li><a href="#sec-6">6 Getting Started</a></li> -<li><a href="#sec-7">7 Documentation</a></li> -<li><a href="#sec-8">8 Help</a></li> -<li><a href="#sec-9">9 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM</a></li> -<li><a href="#sec-10">10 Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode on 64-bit machines</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-7">7 Compiling Paraview 3.3 and the PV3FoamReader module</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-8">8 Documentation</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-9">9 Help</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-10">10 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM</a></li> +<li><a href="#sec-11">11 Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode on 64-bit machines</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> @@ -84,9 +89,68 @@ administrator. </p> <p> If the user wishes to run OpenFOAM in 32/64-bit mode they should consult the -appendix "A. Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode". +section "Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode". +</p> + +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-2.1" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="sec-2.1">2.1 Qt (from <a href="http://trolltech.com/products/qt">http://trolltech.com/products/qt</a>)</h3> +<div id="text-2.1"> + +<p>The ParaView 3.3 visualisation package requires that Qt version 4.3.x MUST +be installed on the system. Earlier or more recent versions (4.2.x or +4.4.x) will NOT work. To check whether Qt4 is installed, and the version, +type: +</p><ul> +<li> +qmake –version + +</li> +</ul> + +<p>The ParaView binary executables in the ThirdParty distribution will only +work with PRECISELY the same version of Qt with which it was compiled. The +64-bit version of ParaView was compiled with Qt-4.3.1 (with openSuSE-10.3) +and the 32-bit version of ParaView was compiled with Qt-4.3.2 (with +ubuntu-7.10). If the user finds that a ParaView binary fails to run, then +it is almost certainly due to a conflict in compiled and installed Qt +versions and they will need to consult the section below on "Compiling +ParaView and the PV3FoamReader module." +</p> +<p> +The default versions of Qt used by some GNU/Linux releases are as follows. +</p><ul> +<li> +ubuntu-7.10: Version 4.3.2 +</li> +<li> +ubuntu-8.04: Version 4.3.4 +</li> +<li> +openSuSE-10.2: Version 4.2.1 - too old +</li> +<li> +openSuSE-10.3: Version 4.3.1 +</li> +<li> +openSuSE-11.0: Version 4.4.0 - too new + +</li> +</ul> + +<p>Compilation and running of ParaView has been successful using the libraries +downloaded in the "libqt4-dev" package on ubuntu. +</p> +<p> +If you don't have an appropriate version of Qt installed you can download +the sources from TrollTech e.g.: +<a href="ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar.bz2</a> +and compile and install in /usr/local or some other location that does to +conflict with the pre-installed version. </p> </div> +</div> </div> @@ -285,6 +349,9 @@ blockMesh </li> <li> icoFoam +</li> +<li> +paraFoam </li> </ul> @@ -293,49 +360,86 @@ icoFoam </div> <div id="outline-container-7" class="outline-2"> -<h2 id="sec-7">7 Documentation</h2> +<h2 id="sec-7">7 Compiling Paraview 3.3 and the PV3FoamReader module</h2> <div id="text-7"> -<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/doc">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/doc</a> -</p> +<p>A version of Qt 4.3.x must be installed to compile ParaView. The compilation +is a fairly simple process using the supplied buildParaView3.3-cvs script that +has worked is our tests with other packages supplied in the ThirdParty +directory, namely cmake-2.4.6 and gcc-4.3.1. Execute the following: +</p><ul> +<li> +cd $FOAM_INST_DIR/ThirdParty +</li> +<li> +rm -rf ParaView3.3-cvs/platforms +</li> +<li> +buildParaView3.3-cvs + +</li> +</ul> + +<p>The PV3FoamReader module is an OpenFOAM utility that can be compiled in the +usual manner as follows: +</p><ul> +<li> +cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader +</li> +<li> +./Allwclean +</li> +<li> +./Allwmake + +</li> +</ul> </div> </div> <div id="outline-container-8" class="outline-2"> -<h2 id="sec-8">8 Help</h2> +<h2 id="sec-8">8 Documentation</h2> <div id="text-8"> -<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org">http://www.OpenFOAM.org</a> <a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/discussion.html">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/discussion.html</a> +<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/doc">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/doc</a> </p> </div> </div> <div id="outline-container-9" class="outline-2"> -<h2 id="sec-9">9 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM</h2> +<h2 id="sec-9">9 Help</h2> <div id="text-9"> -<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/bugs.html">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/bugs.html</a> +<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org">http://www.OpenFOAM.org</a> <a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/discussion.html">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/discussion.html</a> </p> </div> </div> <div id="outline-container-10" class="outline-2"> -<h2 id="sec-10">10 Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode on 64-bit machines</h2> +<h2 id="sec-10">10 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM</h2> <div id="text-10"> +<p><a href="http://www.OpenFOAM.org/bugs.html">http://www.OpenFOAM.org/bugs.html</a> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-11" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="sec-11">11 Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode on 64-bit machines</h2> +<div id="text-11"> + <p>Linux users with a 64-bit machine may install either the OpenFOAM 32-bit version (linux) or the OpenFOAM 64-bit version (linux64), or both. The 64-bit is the default mode on a 64-bit machine. To use an installed 32-bit version, the user must set the environment variable $WM_32 (to anything, e.g. "on") -before sourcing the etc/bashrc (or etc/cshrc) file. Unsetting WM_32 and -re-sourcing the etc/bashrc (or etc/cshrc) file will set up the user to run in -64-bit mode. +before sourcing the etc/bashrc (or etc/cshrc) file. </p></div> </div> -<div id="postamble"><p class="date"> Date: 10 July 2008</p> +<div id="postamble"><p class="date"> Date: 14 July 2008</p> <p>HTML generated by org-mode 6.05a in emacs 23<p> </div></body> </html> diff --git a/ReleaseNotes-1.5 b/ReleaseNotes-1.5 index ceda1e75e8f8d4de4adeff3420ba8a5b766637d4..7a36d0fa3c252c79744a1afcae9af75fdb5f2c99 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes-1.5 +++ b/ReleaseNotes-1.5 @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ * C++ Compiler version + Released compiled with GCC 4.3.1, the latest version. + Built in support for the Intel C++ 10.? compiler (untested). - + The choice of the compiler is controlled by the setting of the $WM\_COMPILER - and $WM\_COMPILER\_ARCH environment variables in the OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/bashrc + + The choice of the compiler is controlled by the setting of the $WM_COMPILER + and $WM_COMPILER_ARCH environment variables in the OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/bashrc (or cshrc) file. + The location of the installation of the compiler is controlled by the - $WM\_COMPILER\_INST environment variable in the OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/settings.sh + $WM_COMPILER_INST environment variable in the OpenFOAM-1.5/etc/settings.sh (or settings.csh) file. * Developments to solvers (applications) diff --git a/ReleaseNotes-1.5.html b/ReleaseNotes-1.5.html index 987d179a023b51de5b4312286c7ad47937204a83..480775406ad887ea37d5a2dbb60f41ea32b971b5 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes-1.5.html +++ b/ReleaseNotes-1.5.html @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <title><b>OpenFOAM release notes for version 1.5</b></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta name="generator" content="Org-mode"/> -<meta name="generated" content="10 July 2008"/> +<meta name="generated" content="14 July 2008"/> <meta name="author" content="OpenCFD Ltd."/> <style type="text/css"> html { @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ benefits for larger number of processors. </ul> </div> </div> -<div id="postamble"><p class="date"> Date: 10 July 2008</p> +<div id="postamble"><p class="date"> Date: 14 July 2008</p> <p>HTML generated by org-mode 6.05a in emacs 23<p> </div></body> </html>