Installation with NextFOAM build

Supported Platforms

Ubuntu 20.04 or newer

BARAM requires following installed software:

Python 3.9.x
OpenMPI 4.1 or newer ( Linux, macOS )
GNU C Compiler or any other C Compiler ( Linux, macOS )

Install BARAM, NextFOAM, OpenMPI

OpenMPI is installed in the /opt/openmpi-4.1.6 with --prefix option at configure command

sudo apt-get -y update 
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential flex zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev
wget https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v4.1/openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
tar zxf openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
rm openmpi-4.1.6.tar.gz 
cd openmpi-4.1.6 
./configure --prefix=/opt/openmpi-4.1.6 
make -j 4 all 
sudo make install 
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/openmpi-4.1.6/bin' | sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc

Install BARAM at /opt/baram with required packages. pip3 should be used instead of default pip command

sudo apt install -y  qtbase5-dev
sudo apt-get install -y '^libxcb.*-dev' libx11-xcb-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev libxi-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev texinfo
pip3 install --upgrade pip
cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/nextfoam/baram.git
cd baram
sudo pip3 install --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install https://d3c6e16xufx1gb.cloudfront.net/wheels/PySide6_QtAds-4.2.1.2.dev0-cp38-abi3-linux_x86_64.whl

Build latest NextFOAM-CFD solver according to the instruction at https://github.com/nextfoam/nextfoam-cfd
Copy compiled NextFOAM-cfd solvers and Third-Party libraries to /opt/baram/solvers/openfoam

export BARAM_DIR="/opt/baram"
    
sudo mkdir -p $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/bin $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/
sudo cp -a $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/

sudo mkdir -p $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib

sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/libscotch* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/sys-openmpi/libptscotch* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/fftw-3.3.10/lib/libfftw3* $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/
sudo cp -a $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/linux64Gcc/kahip-3.15/lib/libkahip_static.a $BARAM_DIR/solvers/openfoam/tlib/

Compile Demonizer and resource

cd /opt/baram
sudo gcc -o solvers/openfoam/bin/baramd misc/baramd.c
sudo python3 convertUi.py

Edit baramMesh.sh

sudo vi /opt/baram/baramMesh.sh

Comment out source and change python to python3

#source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m baramMesh.main

Edit baramFlow.sh
```
sudo vi /opt/baram/baramFlow.sh
```

Comment out source and change python to python3

#source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m baramFlow.main

Install `paraview`

Install paraview using apt-get command. You can install paraview from the paraview official download page.

sudo apt-get install paraview

Create desktop shortcuts

Create Desktop directory under /etc/skel for all users

sudo mkdir -p /etc/skel/Desktop

Create baramMesh.desktop under /etc/skel/Desktop

sudo vi /etc/skel/Desktop/baramMesh.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=baramMesh
Comment=baram Mesh
Icon=/opt/baram/baramMesh.png
Exec=bash -c '/opt/baram/baramMesh.sh'
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Science

Create baramFlow.desktop under /etc/skel/Desktop

sudo vi /etc/skel/Desktop/baramFlow.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=baramFlow
Comment=baram Flow
Icon=/opt/baram/baramFlow.png
Exec=bash -c '/opt/baram/baramFlow.sh'
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Science

Change permission of shortcuts

sudo chmod +x /etc/skel/Desktop/*

(NOTE) You should upload baramMesh.png and baramFlow.png to /opt/baram directory.

You can download the BARAM apptainer image.