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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:26:41PM -0000, Kyle Williston wrote:
> Question #148708 on DOLFIN changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/148708
>
>     Status: Answered => Open
>
> Kyle Williston is still having a problem:
> Thank you Anders,
>
> I am still having a few troubles. I do not think my python is setup
> correctly for the installed FEniCS modules. After writing a small
> program following the tutorial I receive the following error message:
>
> 'from: can't read /var/mail/dolfin'

Hmmm... strange. What program did you write?

Can you try the following simple program:

from dolfin import *
mesh = UnitSquare(4, 4)
plot(mesh)
interactive()

Does that work?

--
Anders



> Followed by syntax errors because the functions such as UnitSquare did
> not get imported properly. I am sure this is because I did not setup a
> path in python to look for dolfin and I am unsure how to do this
> exactly.
>
> Thanks again!