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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:17:15PM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:03:21AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 11:56 +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:54:04AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> >> > > I'm running into a Python error (below), which I suspect is due to the
> >> > > relocation of the UFC Python module (now in its own subdirectory). Do I
> >> > > need to add
> >> > >
> >> > >     from ufc import *
> >> > >
> >> > > somewhere?
> >> > >
> >> > > Garth
> >> > >
> >> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> > >   File "demo.py", line 20, in <module>
> >> > >     from dolfin import *
> >> > >   File
> >> > > "/home/garth/Work/FEniCS/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dolfin/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
> >> > >     import dolfin.cpp as cpp
> >> > >   File
> >> > > "/home/garth/Work/FEniCS/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dolfin/cpp.py",
> >> > > line 8902, in <module>
> >> > >     class GenericFunction(ufc.function,Variable):
> >> > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'function'
> >> >
> >> > Looks like a missing __init__.py in the ufc directory, but I thought
> >> > that was added?
> >> >
> >>
> >> It's present on my machine.
> >>
> >>
> >> Make sure that you clean out any pkg-config and old versions for UFC.
> >
> > It's all installed in one directory which I just delete before
> > testing.
> >
> > Can you give a short guide to running virtual machines for other OS on
> > my Ubuntu Lucid machine? I'm thinking of testing earlier Ubuntu
> > versions (+ Lucid and OS X).
>
> For testing earlier versions of Ubuntu and Debian I would recommend
> setting up a chroot environment:
>
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot
>
> Johannes

I will probably try VirtualBox. I realize I need to run it on the Mac
since I don't have enough disk space on my Lucid laptop.

Thanks for the pointers.

--
Anders