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Getting started (New user)

Asked by Ahmad

Hi,

I am a new user to FEniCS. I downloaded the main FEniCS downloads (Ubuntu, Debian, Windows installer). Now I am trying to start using the software by running an already existing example, for example the Biharmonic equation. What are the step-by-step directions to run the example.

Thank you.

Regards,
Ahmad

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Christopher Laing (9e9o1k-chris) said : 		#1

I'm not sure which operating system you're referring to here, but in any linux distribution you can simply do the following:

1) Open a terminal window
2) Navigate to the Biharmonic equation demo directory (<your FEniCS directory>/FEniCS Tutorial Files/demo/pde/biharmonic/python)
3) Run the Python file using the command python demo_biharmonic.py

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Ahmad (alagrya) said : 		#2

Thank you Christopher. I am using Windows XP 64-bit and I followed what you suggested from the FEniCS 1.0.0 Command Shell but when I tried demo_biharmonic.py I got a message says that Windows cannot open this file. Any suggestion?
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Christopher Laing (9e9o1k-chris) said : 		#3

I'm not personally familiar with the Windows version, but perhaps use the command "python demo_biharmonic.py" rather than "demo_biharmonic.py".

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