Installation
FIAT is normally installed as part of an installation of FEniCS. If you are using FIAT as part of the FEniCS software suite, it is recommended that you follow the installation instructions for FEniCS.
To install FIAT itself, read on below for a list of requirements and installation instructions.
FIAT requires Python version 2.7 or later and depends on the following Python packages:
- NumPy
- SymPy
These packages will be automatically installed as part of the installation of FIAT, if not already present on your system.
To install FIAT, download the source code from the FIAT Bitbucket repository, and run the following command:
pip install .
To install to a specific location, add the --prefix
flag to the installation command:
pip install --prefix=<some directory> .