ParaView Installation - Linux OS

Introduction

What is ParaView?
ParaView is open-source software designed for postprocessing simulation results. It facilitates both typical and advanced postprocessing tasks.

There are two methods to install ParaView on your Linux system:
  1. ParaView Installation - Binary Archives (recommended)
    Download and extract the binary archive directly to the destination folder. This method does not require any installation or compilation.
  2. ParaView Installation - System Package Manager
    Utilize ParaView pre-compiled binaries provided by System Package Manager.

ParaView Installation - Binary Archives

Download the ParaView binary archives from the official distribution. For SimFlow 5.0, it is recommended to use ParaView 5.12.0 for consistency with published learning materials.

You can download and unpack ParaView using:
  1. ParaView Installation from GUI
  2. ParaView Installation from Terminal

ParaView Installation from GUI

  1. Visit the official ParaView distribution website and select the desired version and system:
    Download ParaView 5.12.0 (recommended version)
    paraview download
  2. Open the directory, right-click on the archive, and select one of the following options:
    • Extract Here - to extract ParaView in the current folder
    • Extract to…​ - to specify the extraction folder
      paraview extract

ParaView is now ready to use. Executable file is located in folder ../bin/paraview, for example:
/home/jhon/Download/ParaView-5.12/bin/paraview

ParaView Integration with SimFlow

After ParaView installation is complete, you need to integrate it with SimFlow. Please refer to the following instructions provided in the link below:
ParaView Integration

ParaView Installation from Terminal

  1. Navigate to the directory where you want to store ParaView (please specify your preferred path).

    cd /home/user_name/<custom path>/

  2. Download ParaView 5.12.0 from the official distribution.

    wget https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&amp;version=v5.12&amp;type=binary&amp;os=Linux&amp;downloadFile=ParaView-5.12.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86_64.tar.gz

  3. Extract the archive.

    tar -xzf ParaView-5.12.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86_64.tar.gz

  4. Remove the archive.

    rm ParaView-5.12.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86_64.tar.gz

ParaView is now ready to use. Executable file is located in folder ../bin/paraview, for example:
/home/jhon/Download/ParaView-5.12/bin/paraview

ParaView Integration with SimFlow

After ParaView installation is complete, you need to integrate it with SimFlow to use it. Please refer to the following instructions provided in the link below:
ParaView Integration

ParaView Installation - System Package Manager

You can install pre-compiled binaries available for your Linux distribution using the package manager. However, users cannot manually select the specific version of ParaView for installation; only the default version supported by the package manager is available.

While the installation procedure for each system is similar, it may utilize different system tools. Below is an example of ParaView installation using a package manager for Linux Debian/Ubuntu.

Debian / Ubuntu

Open the terminal and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install paraview

ParaView will be automatically installed in the default directory:
bin\paraview

ParaView Integration with SimFlow

After ParaView installation is complete, you need to integrate it with SimFlow. Please refer to the following instructions provided in the link below:
ParaView Integration