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{project} README for Version {fullver}
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Michael Wild <themiwi@users.sourceforge.net>
:Author Initials: MW
v{fullver}, {localdate}
{homepage}
:apidoc: {homepage}/doc/v{fullver}/API
:asciidoc: http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc
:aymptote: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net
:bison: http://gnu.org/s/bison
:bugreport: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/freefoam
:ccmio: https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/visit/3rd_party/libccmio-2.6.1.tar.gz
:cmake: http://cmake.org
:dblatex: http://dblatex.sourceforge.net
:doxygen: http://www.doxygen.org
:flex: http://flex.sourceforge.net
:fop: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop
:gcc: http://gcc.gnu.org
:git: http://git.or.cz
:graphviz: http://graphviz.org
:latex: http://latex-project.org
:m4: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
:make: http://www.gnu.org/software/make
:mathjax: http://www.mathjax.org
:metis: http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/overview
:mgridgen: http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/mgridgen/overview
:openfoamforum: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam
:openmpi: http://www.open-mpi.org[OpenMPI]
:paraview: http://www.paraview.org
:parmetis: http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/parmetis/overview
:readline: http://gnu.org/s/readline
:scotch: http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch
:zlib: http://www.zlib.net
Copyright
---------
{project} is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version. See the file COPYING in this directory, for a description of the GNU
General Public License terms under which you can copy the files.
System requirements
-------------------
{project} is developed and tested on Linux, but should work with other Unix
style systems, notably Mac OS X (C). The support for Microsoft Windows is a
goal, which, however, is still far off.
Required software to build {project}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[[cmake]]CMake::
In order to build {project} you need to have CMake with version 2.8.2 or
newer installed. In order to follow the link:INSTALL.html[INSTALL]
instructions, make sure that you also install the package contain the curses
GUI ccmake if using a package manager (e.g. on Linux systems. For Debian
and Ubuntu the package is called _cmake-curses-gui_). {cmake}
[[build_system]]Build system::
CMake requires a native build system. On Unix-like platforms GNU Make is
recommended. {make}
[[cxx_compiler]]{cpp} compiler::
In order to build {project} you need a {cpp} compiler with good support for
template expressions. The g++ compiler from GCC-4.3 and above will do
fine. {gcc}
[[flex]]flex::
The flex lexer generator. Version 2.5.33 is known to work. For more recent
versions there have been reports of problems. {flex}
[[zlib]]zlib::
zlib compression library. {zlib}
[[scotch]]SCOTCH::
The SCOTCH graph partitioning library. Version 5.1.7 is know to work.
{scotch}
[[python]]Python::
The Python interpreter. Version 2.6 is known to work, but care has been taken
to make {project} work with versions from 2.4 on, including 3.x.
+
[NOTE]
In order to build the man pages or the user guide, AsciiDoc is required
which has not yet been ported to Python 3. This is why Python version 2 is also
required (only at build-time for the documentation) if a Python 3 interpreter
is used.
Optional software
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[[asciidoc]]AsciiDoc::
In order to create the man-pages or the XHTML and PDF documentation you need
to have a fully working AsciiDoc toolchain installed. Versions newer than 8.5
are known to work. AsciiDoc itself needs Python 2.4 or newer (but not 3.x),
xsltproc, xmllint from libxml2, the DocBook XML DTD's and the DocBook XSL
stylesheets. Refer to the AsciiDoc installation instructions for the details.
Also note, that AsciiDoc versions 8.6.5 and 8.6.6 contain a bug which makes
it depend on Python 2.5 and newer. {asciidoc}
[[asymptote]]Asymptote::
Asymptote, the powerful descriptive vector-graphics language, is used to
generate many of the graphics in the User Guide. Note that Asymptote
itself depends on a <<latex,LaTeX>> installation. {asymptote}
[[bison]]Bison::
If you choose to build <<scotch,SCOTCH>> locally by enabling
link:INSTALL.html#private-scotch[+FOAM_BUILD_PRIVATE_SCOTCH+], the Bison
parser generator is required. {bison}
[[dblatex]]dblatex::
If you want to build the PDF version of the user guide, it is recommended
that you have dblatex installed, as the generated output is superior to that
generated with the alternative, Apache FOP. Since dblatex uses LaTeX as its
rendering backend, it depends on a <<latex,LaTeX>> installation. {dblatex}
[[doxygen]]Doxygen::
Automatic API-documentation generator. Required to build the source
documentation. {doxygen}
[[fop]]Apache FOP::
If you want to build the PDF version of the user guide but can't or don't
want to install <<dblatex,dblatex>>, Apache FOP can be used instead. It's
output, however, is inferior to that of dblatex, especially that of the
formulas. {fop}
[[git]]git::
To check out a current development version of {project}, git is required.
{git}
[[graphviz]]Graphviz::
The graphs in the User Guide and the API documentation are require the
Graphviz package for their generation. {graphviz}
[[latex]]LaTeX::
Both, <<dblatex,dblatex>> and <<asymptote,Asymptote>> require a decent LaTeX
installation. If you install LaTeX via a package manager, make sure that you
also install the packages providing the 'units.sty' LaTeX package and the
extra fonts. On Debian and Ubuntu systems, they are called
'texlive-latex-extra' and 'texlive-fonts-recommended', respectively. {latex}
[[libccmio]]libccmio::
pro-STAR (C) input/output library. {project} can build this automatically for
you. Please refer to the link:INSTALL.html#enable-ccmio[INSTALL] file for
license restrictions. {ccmio}
[[m4]]M4::
Some of the provided tutorial cases require the M4 macro processor. {m4}
[[mathjax]]MathJax::
If you enable MathJax for math-rendering in the XHTML version of the user
guide, but don't want to use the shared installation over the network, you
can install MathJax locally. {mathjax}
[[metis]]METIS::
The METIS graph partitioning library, version 5.0.1. If your package
manager doesn't contain it, you can also have {project} build it
automatically for you (see the <<installation,installation section>>).
{metis}
[[mgridgen]]MGRIDGEN::
MGRIDGEN is a grid coarsening library for multi-grid solvers. {project} can
build this automatically for you. Please refer to the
link:INSTALL.html#enable-parmgridgen[INSTALL] file for license restrictions.
{mgridgen}
[[paraview]]ParaView::
The {project} utility 'para' requires this visualization application, version
3.8 or later. {paraview}
[[parlib]]Parallel Communications Library::
In order to run {project} in parallel, a communications library is required.
Currently the only available options is MPI (_Message Passing Interface_).
There are many implementations of the MPI standard. The one that has been
tested and is known to work with {project} is {openmpi}.
[[parmetis]]ParMetis::
If you use an MPI library, the ParMetis library is required. If your package
manager doesn't contain this library, {project} can build it automatically
for you (refer to the <<installation,installation notes>> below). {parmetis}
[[readline]]GNU Readline::
The 'setSet' utility can be used in an interactive mode which is greatly
improved if using the GNU Readline library for history and command line
editing support. {readline}
[[installation]]
Installation
------------
For exhaustive installation and basic usage instructions, refer to the
link:INSTALL.html[INSTALL] file.
Documentation
-------------
All the applications and the frequently used script utilities come with a brief
man-page. Unfortunately, most of them are little more than stubs and need more
work. The man-page _freefoam(1)_ gives a short overview over all applications
and utilities and documents the {project} configuration options.
API-documentation is available from {apidoc}.
Further, most {project} applications and utilities support the '-doc' and
'-srcDoc' options, which will automatically display the API-documentation and
the source code of the application, respectively.
Help
----
- {homepage}/support
- {openfoamforum} *please only ask questions related to _OpenFOAM_ there*.
Reporting Bugs in {project}
---------------------------
{bugreport}
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