h5py missing module, update python?

Question

I have just installed fenics on Windows 7 with docker and I ran a demo programme successfully. However, when running another program that requires h5py I get the error message that I miss that module. I checked the version of python fenics runs and that is 2.7, does it have to be 3.6 in order to work? And if so, how do I update python inside docker or fenics? Or should I have h5py already installed when I first installed fenics?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can easily install h5py in the Docker container:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-h5py