Installation of OpenFOAM-1.6-ext on openSUSE 12.1 64-bit
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We assume you have a fresh installation of openSUSE 12.1 64-bit, with all the
necessary updates already applied

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# Installation of additional system packages:

sudo zypper install git
sudo zypper install openmpi-devel
sudo zypper install gnuplot
sudo zypper install -t  pattern devel_qt4

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# Download OpenFOAM-1.6-ext

mkdir ~/OpenFOAM
cd ~/OpenFOAM
git clone git://openfoam-extend.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/openfoam-extend/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext


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# We need to tweak our OpenFOAM setup using the prefs.sh file

cp ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE \
   ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh

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# We are going to use version system installed version of gcc 4.6.2

# Modify the etc/prefs.sh file to switch to gcc 4.6.2
sed -i s/"compilerInstall=System"/"compilerInstall=System\nWM_COMPILER=Gcc46"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh

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# We are going to use the system installed version of openmpi-1.4.3
#
# No need to run AllMake.stage2
sed -i s/"#export WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI"/"export WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh
sed -i s/"#export OPENMPI_DIR=path_to_system_installed_openmpi"/"export OPENMPI_DIR=\/usr\/lib64\/mpi\/gcc\/openmpi"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh
sed -i s/"#export OPENMPI_BIN_DIR=\$OPENMPI_DIR\/bin"/"export OPENMPI_BIN_DIR=\$OPENMPI_DIR\/bin"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh


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# We are going to use the system installed development version of Qt (Version: 4.7.4-19.6.1)

# Uncomment and modify the initialization of the variables QT_DIR and QT_BIN_DIR  in the
# file prefs.sh

sed -i s/"#export QT_DIR=path_to_system_installed_qt"/"export QT_DIR=\/usr"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh
sed -i s/"#export QT_BIN_DIR=\$QT_DIR\/bin"/"export QT_BIN_DIR=\$QT_DIR\/bin"/g ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/prefs.sh

# This section of the prefs.sh file should now look like this:

#export QT_THIRD_PARTY=1
export QT_DIR=/usr
export QT_BIN_DIR=$QT_DIR/bin

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# ParaView:
#
# Version 3.8.1 of ParaView does not compile with gcc 4.6.2 on openSUSE 12.1
#
# I suggest you switch to ParaView 12.1
#
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# Source this initial OpenFOAM environment to get the basic configuration for
# compilation
. ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/bashrc

# Compile the ThirdParty packages

cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR/ThirdParty
./AllMake.stage1 >& log.AllMake.stage1 
./AllMake.stage3 >& log.AllMake.stage3 
./AllMake.stage4 >& log.AllMake.stage4 

# You can keep an eye on the compilation process with the command tail e.g:
# tail -f log.AllMake.stage1

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# Update your OpenFOAM environment to get the basic configuration from the newly
# compiled ThirdParty packages

. ~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/etc/bashrc

# Compile OpenFOAM-1.6-ext

cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
./Allwmake >& log.Allwmake &  
tail -f log.Allwmake          # To keep an eye on the compilation process

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# Execute Allwmake a second time because of a bad library building sequence for
# the library -lfaceDecompositionMotionSolver
# Warning: Not sure if this is still necessary... MB 05/2012 

./Allwmake >& log.Allwmake2 & 
tail -f log.Allwmake2          # To keep an eye on the compilation process

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# Run a tutorial to check the basic functionality

cd $FOAM_TUTORIAL/incompressible/simpleFoam/pitzDaily
blockMesh >& log.blockMesh
simpleFoam >& log.simpleFoam
paraFoam

# You are done!

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Martin Beaudoin
May 2012