Compiling OpenFOAM

See either:

• Compiling OpenFOAM 3.0.x
• Compiling OpenFOAM 6
• Compiling OpenFOAM v1806
• Compiling OpenFOAM.org 10 and dev
• Compiling OpenFOAM.com v2212

For information on running OpenFOAM, see: OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM.org compilation docs: https://openfoam.org/download/source/

Generally Useful Tips

Qt

• build it separately, and install in the prefix rather than relying on OpenFOAM's build scripts
• if a make fails, just delete the entire Qt source directory and start over

Other "third party" packages

• unlike Qt, cannot be installed in the prefix
  • specifying "system" will look for packages in /usr ...
• so, must do the build using OpenFOAM build scripts, with source tarballs expanded into ThirdParty-6