From f4afbc31638aa2112408f66013fd1346ae53ae45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andy <a.heather@opencfd.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:36:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] updates - QT info needs to be checked
---
README | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index f6baf20491d..cef52e987fe 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -23,17 +23,14 @@
section "Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode".
*** Qt (from http://trolltech.com/products/qt)
- 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:
+ The ParaView 3.6.1 visualisation package suggests that Qt version 4.3.x
+ should be installed on the system. The source may build against more recent
+ versions, but this is done at the user's own risk. To check whether Qt4 is
+ installed, and the version, type:
+ qmake --version
- 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
+ Both 32- and 64-bit version of ParaView were compiled with Qt-4.4.3 (with
+ openSuSE-11.1). 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."
@@ -43,7 +40,8 @@
+ ubuntu-8.04: Version 4.3.4
+ openSuSE-10.2: Version 4.2.1 - too old
+ openSuSE-10.3: Version 4.3.1
- + openSuSE-11.0: Version 4.4.0 - too new
+ + openSuSE-11.0: Version 4.4.0
+ + openSuSE-11.1: Version 4.4.3
Compilation and running of ParaView has been successful using the libraries
downloaded in the "libqt4-dev" package on ubuntu.
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@
in the OpenFOAM release. e.g. in
+ $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-<VERSION>/etc/
- + where <VERSION> corresponds to the version 1.5, 1.6, ...
+ + where <VERSION> corresponds to the version 1.6, 1.7, ...
1) EITHER, if running bash or ksh (if in doubt type 'echo $SHELL'), source the
etc/bashrc file by adding the following line to the end of your
@@ -121,10 +119,12 @@
Now go to the top-level source directory $WM_PROJECT_DIR and execute the
top-level build script './Allwmake'. In principle this will build everything,
but if problems occur with the build order it may be necessary to update the
- environment variables and re-execute 'Allwmake'. If you experience
- difficulties with building the source-pack, or your platform is not currently
- supported, please contact <enquiries@OpenCFD.co.uk> to negotiate a support
- contract and we will do the port and maintain it for future releases.
+ environment variables and re-execute 'Allwmake'.
+
+ If you experience difficulties with building the source-pack, or your platform
+ is not currently supported, please contact <enquiries@OpenCFD.co.uk> to
+ negotiate a support contract and we will do the port and maintain it for
+ future releases.
* Testing the installation
To check your installation setup, execute the 'foamInstallationTest' script
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@
+ icoFoam
+ paraFoam
-* Compiling Paraview 3.3 and the PV3FoamReader module
- A version of Qt 4.3.x must be installed to compile ParaView. The compilation
+* Compiling Paraview 3.6.1 and the PV3FoamReader module
+ A version of Qt 4.3.x should be installed to compile ParaView. The compilation
is a fairly simple process using the supplied buildParaView script that
has worked in our tests with other packages supplied in the ThirdParty
directory, namely cmake-2.6.4 and gcc-4.3.3. Execute the following:
+ cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
- + rm -rf paraview-3.6/platforms
+ + rm -rf paraview-3.6.1/platforms
+ buildParaView
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