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Fenics without docker

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Is it possible to use fenics without docker on Mac ?

If I try to follow the "Automatic installation from source" approach, I cannot get the install script

https://fenicsproject.org/fenics-install.sh

is an empty file.

asked Nov 6, 2016 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)

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Yes it is possible. You can clone, compile and install instant, dijitso, fiat, ufl, ffc and dolfin separately from the repository https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/.

answered Nov 6, 2016 by nate FEniCS Expert (17,050 points)

Thanks. I could finally get the install script. Some random network problems, perhaps.

If I install with this script, where will it install the files ?

commented Nov 6, 2016 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)

The script use HashDist, so the files will be installed in ~/.hashdist.

commented Nov 7, 2016 by johannr FEniCS Expert (17,350 points)

Thanks. I was running the hashdist script on macOS Sierra and it fails while installing cmake.

Is there no plan to provide dmg files like before ? This was such a convenient way to work on mac.

commented Nov 7, 2016 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)

No, dmg files will no longer be provided, but we do have binary packages for Anaconda, which also works for macOS (see https://github.com/conda-forge/fenics-feedstock/).

commented Nov 7, 2016 by johannr FEniCS Expert (17,350 points)

Great, I didnt know about conda option. I already have anaconda, so this may be a easy way to install fenics for me.

commented Nov 7, 2016 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)

Note that this is new and not official yet, so you might run into some problems.

commented Nov 7, 2016 by johannr FEniCS Expert (17,350 points)
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