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How to get an older version of FEniCS?

+2 votes

Hello,

I have a problem with running my code on another computer.
I started working with FEniCS about a year ago and installed the version of FEniCS for ubuntu that was available around march 2016 (dolfin-version says I installed 1.6.0). Now I want to run my code on my laptop so I first had ubuntu 16.04 installed and then installed the newest version of FEniCS following the commands on this website. But now my code can't be compiled anymore and I think the reason is that I'm using different versions of FEniCS on my computer and my laptop. I don't want to rewrite my code and I don't want to install a newer version of FEniCS on my computer. So my question is if there is a way to install the same (older) version of FEniCS on my laptop as well? I have to admit that I don't understand ubuntu or FEniCS good enough to know what files I need to search for.

thanks in advance,
Marita

asked Feb 5, 2017 by Marita FEniCS Novice (160 points)
edited Feb 5, 2017 by Marita

1 Answer

+2 votes

Probably the easiest way, if you don't want to change your code, is to get a docker image of an older FEniCS version. So make sure docker is installed on your laptop and get an image of FEniCS version 1.6.0 at quay.io/fenicsproject/stable:1.6.0 (see this link for the available images in the repo).

answered Feb 6, 2017 by jmmal FEniCS User (5,890 points)

Thank you! This worked just fine.

commented Feb 6, 2017 by Marita FEniCS Novice (160 points)
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