Comment 4 for bug 1037311

On 16 August 2012 07:43, Johan Hake <email address hidden> wrote:
> We could make sure some of PyDOLFIN runtime dependencies are installed
> by separately importing them. If they are not installed we can issue a
> nicely formated message?
>

I would suggest just putting import inside a 'try' block, and print
an informative message if the import fails. I wouldn't bother
including it in the configure system.

Garth

> Johan
>
> On 08/16/2012 08:21 AM, Johannes Ring wrote:
>> Actually, I'm not sure we should add a check for PLY in the build system
>> since it is only a runtime dependency. AFAIK, we do not have such a
>> check for other runtime dependencies like FFC and UFL. Opinions?
>>
>> ** Changed in: dolfin
>> Status: In Progress => Opinion
>>
>> ** Changed in: dolfin
>> Importance: High => Medium
>>
>
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