Installing pyadjoint

dolfin-adjoint

To use dolfin-adjoint with FEniCS, consult the dolfin-adjoint documentation.

Firedrake

Pyadjoint is automatically installed in Firedrake. No separate installation is required.

PIP (all platforms)

Install dolfin-adjoint and its Python dependencies with pip:

pip install git+https://github.com/dolfin-adjoint/pyadjoint.git

Test your installation by running:

python3 -c "import fenics_adjoint"

Optional dependencies:

• IPOPT and Python bindings (cyipopt): This is the best available open-source optimisation algorithm. Strongly recommended if you wish to solve PDE-constrained optimisation problems. Make sure to compile IPOPT against the Harwell Subroutine Library.

• Moola: A set of optimisation algorithms specifically designed for PDE-constrained optimisation problems.

• Optizelle: An Open Source Software Library Designed To Solve General Purpose Nonlinear Optimization Problems.

Source code

The source code of pyadjoint is available on https://github.com/dolfin-adjoint/pyadjoint.