OpenFOAM-6 on RHEL9

[laraPPr]

• link to support ticket: 2024112760000263
• website: https://www.openfoam.org/
• installation docs: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/blob/develop/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2019b.eb
• toolchain: foss/2023a
• easyblock to use: openfoam
• required dependencies:
  • ...
• optional dependencies:
  • ...
• notes:
  • ...
• effort: (TBD)
• other install methods
  • conda: yes (link?) / no
  • container image: yes (link?) / no
  • pre-built binaries (RHEL8 Linux x86_64): yes (link?) / no
  • easyconfig outside EasyBuild: yes / no

[boegel]

WIP easyconfig pushed to https://github.com/vscentrum/vsc-software-stack/tree/wip/481_OpenFOAM6

It basically works, but only when excluding ParaView as dependency (which should be OK, impact of that is basically that paraFoam utility won't be available).

There's a problem with the patch being used though, it assumes that ParaView is included as dependency since it relies on $EBROOTPARAVIEW, which leads to a failure in the sanity check:

== 2025-01-06 16:41:29,127 build_log.py:171 ERROR EasyBuild crashed with an error (at easybuild/easybuild-framework/easybuild/base/exceptions.py:126 in __init__): Sanity check faii
led: sanity check command cp -a /dev/shm/vsc40023/software/OpenFOAM/6-foss-2023a/OpenFOAM-6/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/motorBike /tmp/eb-gemzdw5i/tmp8_27szkf && chmod -R
+w /tmp/eb-gemzdw5i/tmp8_27szkf && cd /tmp/eb-gemzdw5i/tmp8_27szkf/motorBike && source $FOAM_BASH && . $WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/tools/RunFunctions && cp $FOAM_TUTORIALS/resources/geomee
try/motorBike.obj.gz constant/triSurface/ && runApplication surfaceFeatures && runApplication blockMesh && runApplication decomposePar -copyZero && runParallel snappyHexMesh -overr
write && runParallel patchSummary && runParallel potentialFoam && runParallel simpleFoam && runApplication reconstructParMesh -constant && runApplication reconstructPar -latestTimm
e && cd /dev/shm/vsc40023/software/OpenFOAM/6-foss-2023a && rm -r /tmp/eb-gemzdw5i/tmp8_27szkf exited with code 1 (output: /dev/shm/vsc40023/software/OpenFOAM/6-foss-2023a/OpenFOAA
M-6/etc/config.sh/paraview: line 99: [: syntax error: `-r' unexpected

So we'll need to create a custom patch that doesn't assume that ParaView is available, or includes some kind of fallback mechanism in case $EBROOTPARAVIEW is not defined.

[boegel]

@pavelToman @PetrKralCZ A WIP easyconfig is available in https://github.com/vscentrum/vsc-software-stack/tree/wip/481_OpenFOAM6, but I haven't found the time to get that over the finish line...

I've excluded the ParaView dependency, since using a newer ParaView version doesn't seem to work out (may need to be revisited).

The sanity check fails as a result of that, since some files being patched assume that ParaView is a dependency (because they used $EBROOTPARAVIEW).

Can either of you pick up on this, and try to finish it?