FC19 cfMesh on Linux installation

[Roland]

Dear Forum,

Installing cfMesh fails on my LinuxMint system.
Note that I installed OpenFOAM independently of FC19 in a separate exercise according to:

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https://develop.openfoam.com/Development/openfoam/-/wikis/precompiled/debian#installation-locations

This one installs on:

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/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/

Running the cfMesh install command under FC19 gave a report that was replete with error messages. Dependency Checker gave:

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cfMesh (CfdOF version) not found

After the operation, I found a lot of cfMesh files here:

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/home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012

And these are all *.exe files. Aren't those for WindowsOS?
In fact these are the same files that are packaged in cfMesh-CfdOF from

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh-cfdof/

What could be a way forward to get cfMesh attached to my openfoam2012?

Best regards,

Roland on:
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[oliveroxtoby]

Dear Forum,

Installing cfMesh fails on my LinuxMint system.
Note that I installed OpenFOAM independently of FC19 in a separate exercise according to:

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https://develop.openfoam.com/Development/openfoam/-/wikis/precompiled/debian#installation-locations

This one installs on:

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/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/

Running the cfMesh install command under FC19 gave a report that was replete with error messages. Dependency Checker gave:

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cfMesh (CfdOF version) not found

After the operation, I found a lot of cfMesh files here:

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/home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012

And these are all *.exe files. Aren't those for WindowsOS?
In fact these are the same files that are packaged in cfMesh-CfdOF from

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh-cfdof/

What could be a way forward to get cfMesh attached to my openfoam2012?

It sounds like it is trying to install the Windows binary pack instead of the source pack for some reason.

In the Preferences | CfdOF page, the URL for cfMesh should read:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh ... p/download

Could you provide a screenshot of your preferences page please?

Please also provide the full report view output of running the dependency check and installing cfMesh.

Thanks.

[Roland]

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It sounds like it is trying to install the Windows binary pack instead of the source pack for some reason.

In the Preferences | CfdOF page, the URL for cfMesh should read:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh ... p/download

Could you provide a screenshot of your preferences page please?

Please also provide the full report view output of running the dependency check and installing cfMesh.

So it does, Oliver.

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Installation report in Preferences window gives:

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Downloading cfMesh, please wait...
cfMesh downloaded to /tmp/tmpd0ux6ete.zip
Extracting cfMesh...
Download completed
Building cfMesh. Lengthy process - please wait...
Log file: /home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012/cfmesh-cfdof/log.Allwmake
Install finished with error 1

This is what I could save from the report view:

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21:12:11  Running  echo $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR
21:12:11  Raw command:  ['bash', '-c', 'source "/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/etc/bashrc" && echo $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR']
21:12:11  /home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012
21:12:11  Running  { mkdir -p "$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR" && cd "$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR" && ( rm -r cfmesh-cfdof; unzip -o "/tmp/tmpd0ux6ete.zip"; ); }
21:12:11  Raw command:  ['bash', '-c', 'source "/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/etc/bashrc" && { mkdir -p "$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR" && cd "$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR" && ( rm -r cfmesh-cfdof; unzip -o "/tmp/tmpd0ux6ete.zip"; ); }']
21:12:12  Archive:  /tmp/tmpd0ux6ete.zip
21:12:12    inflating: cartesian2DMesh.exe     
21:12:12    inflating: cartesianMesh.exe       
21:12:12    inflating: checkSurfaceMesh.exe    
21:12:12    inflating: copySurfaceParts.exe    
21:12:12    inflating: extrudeEdgesInto2DSurface.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: FLMAToSurface.exe       
21:12:12    inflating: FMSToSurface.exe        
21:12:12    inflating: FMSToVTK.exe            
21:12:12    inflating: generateBoundaryLayers.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: importSurfaceAsSubset.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: improveMeshQuality.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: improveSymmetryPlanes.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: libmeshLibrary.dll      
21:12:12    inflating: mergeSurfacePatches.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: meshToFPMA.exe          
21:12:12    inflating: patchesToSubsets.exe    
21:12:12    inflating: pMesh.exe               
21:12:12    inflating: preparePar.exe          
21:12:12    inflating: removeSurfaceFacets.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: scaleMesh.exe           
21:12:12    inflating: scaleSurfaceMesh.exe    
21:12:12    inflating: subsetToPatch.exe       
21:12:12    inflating: surfaceFeatureEdges.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: surfaceGenerateBoundingBox.exe  
21:12:12    inflating: surfaceToFMS.exe        
21:12:12    inflating: tetMesh.exe             
21:12:12  Running  export WM_NCOMPPROCS=`nproc`; ./Allwmake  ->  log.Allwmake
21:12:12  Raw command:  ['bash', '-c', 'source "/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012/etc/bashrc" && cd "$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR/cfmesh-cfdof" && { rm log.Allwmake; export WM_NCOMPPROCS=`nproc`; ./Allwmake 1> >(tee -a log.Allwmake) 2> >(tee -a log.Allwmake >&2); }']
21:12:12  /usr/bin/bash: line 0: cd: /home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012/cfmesh-cfdof: No such file or directory

Note that I use this AppImage: FreeCAD_0.19-24276-Linux-Conda_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage.
So that is definitely the Linux version.

Anyway, I shall download the link that you gave, and try to install that one. Incidentally, I note that the file name and extension are exactly the same as the Windows version!. Suggestion: give it a different name, e.g. "cfmesh-cfdof_Linux.zip". And vv: "cfmesh-cfdof_Win.zip"


Shall report back after I completed an effort to install that one.

Greetz!

[Roland]

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cfmesh-cfdof-binaries-v2012.zip

Sorry, my mistake. The windows zip file has another name indeed (here above)

R

[Roland]

Hi Oliver,

I made another attempt to install cfmesh. Errors.

Screenshot:

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Report to large for inline view. Therefore attached.

I hope you can make something out of this. Note that openfoam2012 has been installed on a particular location: /usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012

Best regards,

Roland

[oliveroxtoby]

Hi Oliver,

I made another attempt to install cfmesh. Errors.

Screenshot:

Screenshot from 2021-03-26 12-34-47.png

Report to large for inline view. Therefore attached.

I hope you can make something out of this. Note that openfoam2012 has been installed on a particular location: /usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2012

Best regards,

Roland

The first error is a complete mystery to me. I am not able to reproduce it. Can you double-check that you are able to reproduce it, and take careful note of the name of the file being downloaded in the "URL:" box in case that is somehow the wrong one.

On your second attempt everything seems fine. You just need to install the g++ compiler (package probably called something like gcc-c++).

[Roland]

Thanks, Oliver,

After installing C++ compiler (by installation of the development package build-essential), cfmesh did install. Albeit again with an enormous qty of error messages. But it works. Dependency checker gave OK, and I made a first little mesh.

For the record some reporting here:

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Downloading cfMesh, please wait...
cfMesh downloaded to /tmp/tmpswqo56m8.zip
Extracting cfMesh...
Download completed
Building cfMesh. Lengthy process - please wait...
Log file: /home/roland/OpenFOAM/roland-v2012/cfmesh-cfdof/log.Allwmake
Install completed

Error messages attached, for in case you are curious about it. And perhaps you want to view the log.Allwmake.

Let's hope things continue to work properly.

Greetz

Roland