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OpenFOAM-1.4.1 download

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Download files
We strongly 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. The files should be downloaded and located as in $HOME/OpenFOAM as follows:

$HOME/OpenFOAM

	Source pack (essential to all platforms)
	OpenFOAM-1.4.1.General.gtgz

No binary pack available

Unpack files
Decompress each file, including those in a <platform> subdirectory (if one exists), with GNU gtar and gzip using the command ”tar xzf <filename>”, beginning with the OpenFOAM-1.4.1.General.gtgz source file. This source file must be present for OpenFOAM to be operational. The OpenFOAM source and (any) binary files unpack into a $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1 directory. Any binary files for third-party products should be unpacked within a <platform> subdirectory.

Installation
After unpacking, the user should consult the $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1/README file for installation instructions.

gcc installation
OpenFOAM should work with most recent system distributions of the gcc compiler so installation of a binary pack is optional. The binary pack was compiled using SuSE Linux version 10.1+ and is known to be incompatible with system utilities for earlier versions of SuSE Linux.

JAVA installation
JAVA is required to run the FoamX case manager only; if you don’t use FoamX, you don’t need JAVA. Recent releases of the Linux operating system should contain a version of JAVA that is compatible with FoamX. To use the JAVA supplied with the system, you need to set the $JAVA_HOME environment variable to the path of the installation, e.g. ‘/usr’. This is set in the $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.4.1/.bashrc (or .cshrc) file.