Binary or Manual? Install Finecs alongside MacPorts-Python34

Question

I use Mac OS X 10.9.2.

Using Macports I installed python 3.4.1. and scipy into the directory

opt/local/

to keep python 3.4.1 from interfering with the system built in python 2.7.
Finecs does not show up on MacPorts.

My question:
Can I just download and install the binary files in opt/local/ or will the binary interact with the system-python27? Or is the manual installation then the way to go instead?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If you use the mac binary from fenicsproject.org it is installed in /Applications. It will not interfere with your python installations. The mac binary uses the system python. So your PATH should include system python. See it with "which python". If you have made the macports python as the default python (which is in your PATH), then you may have problems running mac binary.

Answer 2

FEniCS does not support Python 3.