compiling OpenFOAM on Scientific Linux:

http://www.openfoam.com/download/git.php

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Howto_compile_OpenFOAM

The following packages have been added to arcturus:

as root:

yum groupinstall "Development tools"
yum install libXp
yum install cmake
yum install zlib-devel
yum install libXt-devel
yum install qt-devel

user:

git clone git://github.com/OpenCFD/OpenFOAM-1.7.x.git
tar xzf ThirdParty-1.7.1.gtgz
mv ThirdParty-1.7.1 ThirdParty-1.7.x
. $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.x/etc/bashrc
cd OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.7.x
nohuup ./Allwmake &
foamInstallationTest

ParaView

as root:

#  yum install qt-devel
cd /usr/bin
ln -s qmake-qt4 qmake

user:

cd $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
./Allclean
./makeParaView

cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader
./Allwclean
./Allwmake

Installation complete for paraview-3.8.0

Set environment variables:

export ParaView_DIR=/home/facultystaff/stedwar1/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.7.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.8.0
export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-3.8

AOE installation

Compiled on the 48-core machines running Scientific Linux 6.0

arcturus
blackswift
poseidon

From a user account: (ssh -XY username@computername)

. /aoe/bin/openfoamvars.sh
mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN
cp -r $FOAM_TUTORIALS $FOAM_RUN
cd $FOAM_RUN/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity
blockMesh
icoFoam
paraFoam