Install Software for This CFD Course

After installing Ubuntu on your computer, you need to install

• OpenFOAM v10,
• ParaView 5.10,
• Gmsh,
• FreeCAD 0.21.1,
• Gnuplot, Imagemagick, ffmpeg, and LaTeX,

and, make some settings in your terminal.

The scripts of installAllTogether.sh and fixZshVimScreen.sh will install all these software packates on your computer.

Run

chmod +x installAllTogether.sh ; sudo ./installAllTogether.sh
chmod +x fixZshVimScreen.sh ; sudo ./fixZshVimScreen.sh

and check if OpenFOAM has been installed correctly. You must see the same output.

Command:

foamInfo icoFoam

Output:

File
    /opt/openfoam10/applications/solvers/incompressible/icoFoam/icoFoam.C

Description
    Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids.

Examples using "icoFoam"
    /opt/openfoam10/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/cavityGrade
    /opt/openfoam10/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/cavityClipped
    /opt/openfoam10/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/cavity
    /opt/openfoam10/tutorials/incompressible/icoFoam/elbow