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Setting Correct Python for Mac binaries

Asked by Colin McAuliffe

Hello all,

When I open fenics I get the following error message followed by logout

Python Version Mismatch Detected

This package will only work with the Mac OS X system provided Python. Using Python installed manually from python.org or using Python from MacPorts, Fink, or similar will not work. Your copy of python is located at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.2

Unfortunately I do not know how to set the path to the right version of python, can anyone help?

Thanks
Colin

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Johannes Ring (johannr) said : 		#1

What do you get when you run "which python" in a terminal? If you get /usr/local/bin/python, then I guess you have installed Python manually from python.org. In that case, you will have to remove this before you can use the FEniCS package. It might be enough to just remove the symbolic link(s) under /usr/local/bin, but I'm not sure.

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Colin McAuliffe (cjm2176) said : 		#2

which python gives

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.2/bin

I removed the link from here and I am now able to sucesfully run fenics demos

Thanks!
Colin

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Jesse Chan (jchan985) said : 		#3

I have Python 2.6, which I'm trying to update to 2.7; what is the requirement for this update to be compatible with FEniCS? Do I just need to install into /usr/bin?

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Jesse Chan (jchan985) said : 		#4

I have Python 2.6, which I'm trying to update to 2.7; what is the requirement for this update to be compatible with FEniCS? Do I just need to install into /usr/bin?