diff --git a/README b/README index 52fba8b216b47c7ee97a642cd8eee309d8ee577a..dbb820aad39a91ba583d36b355be77dcf28ef0af 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # #+TITLE: OpenFOAM README for version 1.6 #+AUTHOR: OpenCFD Ltd. -#+DATE: November 2009 +#+DATE: March 2010 #+LINK: http://www.opencfd.co.uk #+OPTIONS: author:nil ^:{} @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ section "Running OpenFOAM in 32-bit mode". *** Qt (from http://trolltech.com/products/qt) - The ParaView 3.6.1 visualisation package requires Qt to be installed on the + The ParaView 3.7.0 visualisation package requires Qt to be installed on the system. ParaView's producers state that ParaView is only officially - supported on Qt version 4.3.x. However, we have found in limited tests that - ParaView works satisfactorily with newer versions of Qt than 4.3.x. To + supported on Qt version 4.6.x. However, we have found in limited tests that + ParaView works satisfactorily with Qt than 4.5.x. To check whether Qt4 is installed, and the version, type: + qmake --version @@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ + openSUSE-10.3: Version 4.3.1 + openSUSE-11.0: Version 4.4.0 + openSUSE-11.1: Version 4.4.3 + + openSUSE-11.2: Version 4.5.3 Compilation and running of ParaView has been successful using the libraries downloaded in the "libqt4-dev" package on ubuntu. If you don't have an appropriate version of Qt installed you can download - the sources from TrollTech e.g.: - ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar.bz2 + the sources e.g.: + http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2.tar.gz and compile and install in /usr/local or some other location that does not conflict with the pre-installed version. @@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ * Building from Sources (Optional) If you cannot find an appropriate binary pack for your platform, you can build the complete OpenFOAM from the source-pack. You will first need to compile or - obtain a recent version of gcc (we recomend gcc-4.3.?) for your platform, + obtain a recent version of gcc (we recommend gcc-4.4.?) for your platform, which may be obtained from http://gcc.gnu.org/. Install the compiler in @@ -157,16 +158,16 @@ Refer to the OpenFOAM User Guide at http://www.OpenFOAM.org/doc/user.html for more information. -* Compiling Paraview 3.6.1 and the PV3FoamReader module +* Compiling Paraview 3.7.0 and the PV3FoamReader module If there are problems encountered with ParaView, then it may be necessary to compile ParaView from sources. The compilation is a fairly simple process using the makeParaView script (found in ThirdParty directory), which 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: + packages supplied in the ThirdParty directory, namely cmake-2.8.0 and + gcc-4.4.3. Execute the following: + cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR - + rm -rf paraview-3.6.1/platforms - + rm -rf platforms/*/paraview-3.6.1 + + rm -rf paraview-3.7.0/platforms + + rm -rf platforms/*/paraview-3.7.0 + ./makeParaView The PV3blockMeshReader and the PV3FoamReader ParaView plugins are compiled @@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ *** Compiling Paraview with a local version of Qt If the user still encounters problems with ParaView, it may relate to the version of Qt, in which case, it is recommended that the user first - downloads a supported version of Qt /e.g./ 4.3.5 as described in the section + downloads a supported version of Qt /e.g./ 4.5.3 as described in the section on "Qt". The user should unpack the source pack in the $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR. Then the user can build Qt by executing from within $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR: + ./makeQt