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[Patrick Riesen <priesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok, so therefore i should build with python2.5.. is this true also for 
all other packages?

best regards,
patrick

Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> 2008/12/1 Patrick Riesen <priesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > hello
> >
> > i have downloaded the current fenics source-tarballs from the homepage
> > and installed them locally to a kind of 'home-python-sitepackages'
> > directory. i use python2.4.4 and all installations went successfull,
> > also the make of syfi and its python modules syfi and sfc had no errors
> > in compilation.
> >
> > opening the python interpreter i can import the modules of
> > SyFi, swiginac, Symbolic, FErari and FIAT without problems.
> >
> > most examples work and indicate a successfull installation.
> > those test/examples which do not use sfc work easily, but when i e.g.
> > just want to import sfc in the python2.4, i get an error like
> >
> >
> > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 16 2008, 17:58:59)
> > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> > << python start up: enabling readline..done>>
> >  >>> import sfc
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >   File
> > "/home/priesen/num/syfi/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sfc/__init__.py",
> > line 53, in ?
> >     from sfc.representations.FormRep import FormRep, CallbackForm,
> > Jacobi, Action, derivative
> >   File
> > "/home/priesen/num/fenics_py/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sfc/representations/FormRep.py",
> > line 252
> >     self.options        = {} if options is None else options
> >                               ^
> > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >  >>>
> >
> >
> > might this result from errors in compilation/module generation or what
> > could be the reason for this?
>
> Hi Patrick,
> SFC depends on python 2.5.