I'm getting an error while trying to install FEnicS on Mac OS X 10.11.6. I've read the responses to similar questions on this website, and have tried the suggested solutions, but I must be doing something wrong.
On running the command:
curl -s https://fenicsproject.org/fenics-install.sh | bash
I get an error while the cython package is being installed:
[cython] Building cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3, follow log with:
[cython] tail -f /Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/tmp/cython-e2t4ieqlgjl3-1/_hashdist/build.log
[cython|ERROR] Command '[u'/bin/bash', '_hashdist/build.sh']' returned non-zero exit status 1
[cython|ERROR] command failed (code=1); raising.
The message from build.log is:
Checking .pth file support in /Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ /Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/python/pf77qttkbtzn/bin/python -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: /Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was:
/Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains: '/Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages:'
Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:
You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files
You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment variable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)
You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by using one of the approaches described here:
https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html#custom-installation-locations
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
I've tried adding this to the bash_profile, but get the same error:
export PYTHONPATH=/Users/sophiaw/.hashdist/bld/cython/e2t4ieqlgjl3/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH.
How can I fix this error?
