I received a lot of advice via e-mail.

[武政孝治]

I received a lot of advice via e-mail.Thank you very much.

1) Regarding Arch Linux
The version of Blender was specified.Several were specified in the email, but the last email pointed out that it should be 4.3.2, which is the most recent.Is there a master.zip version of VI-Suite that corresponds to this version?Since I have installed ArchLinux, which I am unfamiliar with, I would really like to use VI-Suite with ArchLinux.
(2) Regarding Windows 11
Today, for a fellow researcher, I will start installing VI-Suite on Windows 11. after installing openFOAM, etc., should I install blender and the vi-suite plugin? It seems to me that the VI-Suite installation of audaspace, pyside6, python-matplotlib, and python-kivy is not required.Also, is it sufficient to install the latest version of python?

[VI-Suite]

On Arch Linux, there are two types of Blender installation: One that uses the system's Python installation and one that uses a built-in Python installation. You can tell the difference using Blender Python Console window: built-in Python version is 3.11, system Python version is 3.13.

The VI-Suite, on Linux, only currently works when Blender is using the system's Python installation.

The Blender-bin installations from the AUR use their own built-in Python installation so won't work. You want Blender from the main repository (currently version 4.3.2) as this is the one that uses the system's Python installation.  VI-Suite beta6 works with 4.3.2 as far as I can tell.

Some packages from the AUR are also required:

You will also need openfoam-org installation from the AUR for CFD.

On Windows 11, Blender always uses a built-in Python installation but the VI-Suite works with the built-in Python on Windows. So you only need to activate the VI-Suite addon and all Python libraries are installed for you. You just need OpenFOAM running via Docker Desktop as described in the user manual. Hope this helps!

Ryan