LATEST VERSION RELEASE

The latest official version release of OpenFOAM can be downloaded by choosing a platform below

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Download files
We recommend that OpenFOAM is installed in a user account to make administration easier. The standard installation directory is the $HOME/OpenFOAM directory of that user account. Create this directory if necessary. Download the following files into $HOME/OpenFOAM; those marked optional are not necessary for the installation to work and generally not required.

	$HOME/OpenFOAM
	OpenFOAM software	md5sum
	Source pack - essential to all platforms OpenFOAM-1.5.General.gtgz	16aafeae129bae67626a6dbd9d7e109b
	Binary pack, double precision OpenFOAM-1.5.linuxGccDPOpt.gtgz	fac72fa01a3a882cfbb16227a81be2d3
	Binary pack, single precision (optional) OpenFOAM-1.5.linuxGccSPOpt.gtgz	65241f0ab03ed6b9567e065af7407c21
	Third-party software
	Source pack - essential to all platforms ThirdParty.General.gtgz	84e0c2b4e40bd4feb81dee5dc6da3b26
	Binary pack ThirdParty.linuxGcc.gtgz	6edef7ecf3e381a85ac5108ec5038940

Unpack files
Decompress each file with GNU gtar and gzip using the command ”tar xzf <filename>”, beginning with the source files (OpenFOAM-1.5.General.gtgz and ThirdParty.General.gtgz - these source files must be present for OpenFOAM to be operational). The OpenFOAM source and (any) binary files unpack into a $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5 directory. The third-party software unpacks into a $HOME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty directory.

Installation
After unpacking, the user should consult the README file for installation instructions (available in the release at $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/README).

Qt and ParaView
In the first instance, a suitable Qt library must be installed on the system to be able to use the ParaView visualisation software. Please consult the relevant section of the README file for more information.

In many cases, the binary release of the ParaView and the PV3FoamReader module will not work due to version incompatibility problems in Qt. If this happens, it will be necessary to compile both applications as described in the relevant section of the README file.

Third party software
The software included in the ThirdParty pack includes: