Volsung help and support

Recommended hardware and software requirements for customers running Volsung.

Open source library

Some of the libraries which Volsung is built on require us to make their source code available to users, for example under an LGPL license. Most users will never require these files. Use the links below to download the source code of the libraries:

• Qt
• QSsh
• VTK
• quazip
• Eigen

Please contact us if you wish to alter libraries according to their respective license conditions and we will support you in your efforts.

Linux

Linux (Ubuntu and its Derivative Distros)

Note: If you’re new to Linux and want to try out Volsung’s exceptional NVIDIA GPU acceleration we recommend you try out the Linux Mint distribution with the Cinnamon window manager. You can test run Linux by installing the system on a second hard drive using dual boot or you can even run it on a large USB flash drive. The license files which we distribute will work under both Windows and Linux.

SNAP Installation for Linux

For non-Ubuntu based Linux distributions you can install Volsung directly from the SNAP store. Please follow the instructions there.

One small drawback of using Volsung as a SNAP installation is that it does not fully integrate into your desktop environment; i.e. you need to manually set the file associations so that double-clicking a file will open the corresponding Volsung application. How you do this depends on the desktop environment you are using; if you are using open desktop you can use the following scripts:

• /snap/volsung/current/bin/install-icons
• /snap/volsung/current/bin/install-mime-types

Note SNAP installations are maintenance free and will upgrade automatically when a newer version of Volsung becomes available.

For the installation first ensure that your package repositories are up-to-date:

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt upgrade
• sudo apt install libxcb-xinerama0 dbus-x11

If you plan to use GPU accelerated computing please correctly install your NVIDIA GPU first and ensure that the correct NVIDIA driver is installed on your system. If you install a GPU later on you may need to reinstall Volsung.

Next run the downloaded installer binary from the command line:

• chmod +x ./volsung-online-installer
• sudo ./volsung-online-installer

Note: if you do not have all required system packages installed then a terminal will pop up to install these missing packages.

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Inputs

• Wells
• Meshes/surfaces
• Points
• Image sections
• Flow simulation grid
• Volsung flow model
• Geological model closed volumes

File Types (Import)

Well Data

• Leapfrog Energy directional well plan (.csv)

Meshes/Surfaces

• GOCAD Tsurf meshes

Points

• x,y,z value (.csv)

Image sections

• jpeg, png, geotiff, geojson

Flow simulation grid

• Mulgrid geometry file
• VTK unstructured grid (.vtu)

TOUGH flow model

• AUTOUGH2 .DAT with Mulgrid geometry file
• TOUGH2.DAT (varying compatibility depending on version and EOS)

Geological model closed volumes

• Leapfrog (LFM)

Outputs

• Wells
• Meshes/Surfaces
• Points
• Flow simulation outputs
• Reports

File Types (Exports)

Well Data

• Any table to csv file

Meshes/Surfaces

• VTK format

Points

• x,y,z value csv

Flow simulation outputs

• HDF5

Reports

• PDF reports