How to download dolfin

Question

I have been trying to install dolfin as a Python library.

https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/dolfin/src/ee5424f5def5434c68431215c64d8296676cd6cd/INSTALL?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default

Here it says:

Requirements

DOLFIN uses CMake for configuration and installation. DOLFIN also
relies on a number of other third-party libraries. Your system will be
probed for these libraries as part of the configuration process.

Simple build and install

In the simplest case, just issue the commands

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make install

This will first configure DOLFIN for your system and then compile and
install DOLFIN in your system's default installation direcory, for
example in /usr/local/ or /opt/local/.

However, when I try this I get an error saying that cl is not a full path. Does anyone have a fix for this?

Comments

What is the platform you are trying to install FEniCS on?

Answer 1

If you are lost with CMake & co. I strongly suggest you just use one of the docker images.

It Just Works and has a negligible performance hit due to the virtualization.

Also, going from there to one of the prepackaged dev environments if you need to quickly patch / hack / poke around FEniCS is as simple as it gets :)

Comments

Sadly I tried this because I had problems with docker.

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What sort of problems under what platform? The latest Docker update for MacOS for instance fixed the issues I had when the computer went to sleep...