Installation via package manger

This is the simplest method to install software in GNU-Linux, however not all GNU-Linux distributions can take advantage of this method. The following GNU-Linux distibution are supported:

• Debian/Ubuntu
• openSUSE
• CentOS/Fedora

To check the description of the package and the dependencies (other software needed to run OpenFoam®) the software needs:

# It shows the information about OpenFOAM® from the OpenFOAM Foundation
apt show openfoam

While to point to the package distributed by the OpenCFD Ltd we must install an additional repository.

# Add the repository
curl https://dl.openfoam.com/add-debian-repo.sh | sudo bash

# Show the info for OpenFOAM® by OpenCFD Ltd
apt show openfoam2206-default

Then install it with super user privileges the package

sudo apt install openfoam2206-default

Then set the binaries/environment variable on the user workspace.

echo "source /usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2206/OpenFOAM-v2206/etc/bashrc" >> ~/.bashrc

After the installation, it makes the usage of the software more practical adding the tutorial functions to the user space in ~/.bashrc :

echo "source ${WM\_PROJECT\_DIR:?}/bin/tools/RunFunctions" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc