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To make OpenFOAM readily available to a larger range of users,
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OpenCFD works actively with the community surrounding
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respective Linux distributions to provide precompiled binary
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installations as system packages. The distributions currently include
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the following:
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installations as system packages. Additionally, precompiled binary
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installations are available for MS-Windows.
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Pre-compiled binaries are currently available for the following systems:
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| [Ubuntu](/precompiled/debian) |
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| [openSUSE](/precompiled/suse) |
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| [CentOS/RedHat/Fedora](/precompiled/redhat) |
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| [Windows](/precompiled/windows) |
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| [Docker](/precompiled/docker) |
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Ubuntu and openSUSE generally receive first attention:
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1. Ubuntu is a very popular distribution with OpenFOAM users.
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2. openSUSE is historically the favoured development platform for
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OpenCFD Ltd. Since it is an RPM-based system, a well-crafted spec
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file can also address RedHat-based distributions.
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2. openSUSE is the favoured development platform for OpenCFD Ltd.
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Since it is an RPM-based system, a well-crafted spec file can also
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address RedHat-based distributions.
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The system installation prefix `/usr/lib/openfoam` is used, below
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which individual versions are located.
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For example,
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- `/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2106/`
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- `/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/`
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- `/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2006/`
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- `/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam1912/`
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- ...
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The OpenFOAM bash session wrapper will be created under `/usr/bin`.
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For example,
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- `/usr/bin/openfoam2106`
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- `/usr/bin/openfoam2012`
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- `/usr/bin/openfoam2006`
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- `/usr/bin/openfoam1912`
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prefers the _"just install everything"_ approach [less control, more
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diskspace].
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We have attempted to strike a reasonable balance between both. For
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any given *base* package (e.g., `openfoam2012` etc), there are a variant
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any given *base* package (e.g., `openfoam2106` etc), there are a variant
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of sub-packages (_"only-what-I-need"_), but also a `default` package for
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the _"install-everything"_ folks.
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| openfoam2006 | The maintenance version for v2006 |
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| openfoam1912 | The maintenance version for v1912 |
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The version-specific packages (eg, `openfoam2012`, `openfoam2006`, ...)
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The version-specific packages (eg, `openfoam2106`, `openfoam2012`, ...)
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install into distinct directories so that it is possible to have
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multiple versions available on your systems.
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The top-level `openfoam` package registers which of the
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