Paraview update on Ubuntu: Issues

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 1:55pm

I have installed OpenFoam 8 on my system (ubuntu 20.04) which has Paraview 5.6 bundled with it. I have then downloaded the Paraview 5.8.1 .tar file and unpacked it. I am able to launch version 5.8.1 from the folder where I have unpacked the contents but when I type “paraview” in the terminal, it still launches version 5.6. I have tried adding an alias to the version 5.8.1 location in the .bashrc file but it doesn’t work. I want the default version to be 5.8.1. Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

mwestphal · September 17, 2020, 1:58pm

alias paraview=/path/to/bin/paraview should do it.

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 2:03pm

Hello Mathieu, thanks for the response. But adding the alias doesn’t work. I tried it. It still launches the older version when I type “paraview” in the terminal.

mwestphal · September 17, 2020, 2:04pm

run this first:

source ~/.bashrc

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 2:06pm

Had already tried that, no luck. Still launches the older version.

mwestphal · September 17, 2020, 2:07pm

This is unrelated to ParaView.

Just rename the other paraview.

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 2:12pm

There is no other paraview in my .bashrc. Even after adding the alias for the newer version of paraview, it still launches the older version. Have tried sourcing the bashrc file, restarting, everything.

mwestphal · September 17, 2020, 2:13pm

You installed ParaView with OpenFOAM. rename this one.

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 2:18pm

That is one solution. But I was hoping to update the default version, so that I can launch the newer version every time, even with the paraFoam command (if that is possible). But for the time being, this would suffice, I guess. Thanks for the inputs.

mwestphal · September 17, 2020, 2:19pm

paraFOAM is a ParaView based application developped by OpenFOAM. You can’t just update it’s ParaView component, it would need to be rebuilt against a newer ParaView. This is a question for the OpenFOAM community though.

arun_v1986 · September 17, 2020, 2:23pm

Yeah, that’s what I thought. I am unable to open some .hdf5 files with the 5.6 version (crashes as soon as I try) but it works fine in the 5.8.1 version, which is the main reason why I was looking to do this.

Abbas_aldor · March 29, 2021, 9:59pm

Hello Mathieu,
if I installed the newer version of paraview, and added this alias, how can I run pvbatch using the newer version of paraview?
Thanks in advance

mwestphal · March 30, 2021, 7:34am

cd path/to/paraview/bin
./pvbatch

fizza_taruna · April 19, 2021, 3:25am

hello,
May I ask
how to update paraview to a newer version
please answer thank you

wascott · April 19, 2021, 6:02am

Fizza,
Welcome to the ParaView community!
Your question is a different topic, Please start a new Topic.
Alan

mwestphal · April 19, 2021, 8:08am

https://www.paraview.org/download/