• 1. installation guide

saturne_installation.html

1. Install the following packages before running install_saturne.py
   • Zlib (optional)
   • BLAS
   • PyQt (optional, required for the GUI)
     • pip3 install pyqt5; pyqt5 installation, use pip3 package
     • pyqt5 reference guide

• C, C++, and Fortran compilers
  • on Ubuntu OS, type in:
    • sudo apt install gcc
    • sudo apt install gfortran
• Python
  • python 3.6.7 is default installed on Ubuntu
• MPI (optional)
• Create a directory named saturne_build run install_saturne.py

  mkdir /home/kaiming/Documents/Code-saturne/saturne_build
  
  cd /home/kaiming/Documents/Code-saturne/code_saturne_5_build
  
  /home/kaiming/Documents/Code-saturne/code_saturne_5/install_saturne.py
  

• setup environment path– lauch the package code_saturne from a terminal

two methods:

• defining a permanent alias
• add the installation path of code_saturne, i.e.

/home/kaiming/Code_Saturne/5.0.9/code_saturne-5.0.9/arch/Linux_x86_64/bin

method 1: defining a permanent alias

a. define a alias named code_saturne in a file, .bash_aliases

vi .bash_aliases

b. Then define a alias as below

cspath=/home/kaiming/Code_Saturne/5.0.9/code_saturne-5.0.9/arch/Linux_x86_64/bin

alias code_saturne="$cspath/code_saturne"

c. To load .bash_aliases , add the following commands in the ~/.bashrc

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then

     . ~/.bash_aliases

fi

d. source ~/.bashrc

>>  source  ~/.bashrc

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1414/how-to-create-a-permanent-alias

method 2: add path environment variable http://www.linfo.org/path_env_var.html

1. now, you can lauch code_saturne in any terminal >> code_saturne

to launch the GUI of code saturne

>> code_saturne gui

The documentation should then be available through the commands:

>> code_saturne info -g refcard                         #reference card

>> code_saturne info -g user