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So I've downloaded the latest FeynCalc from this site and put the extracted folder in user/me/library/Mathematica/application, but when I write the command

<< HighEnergyPhysics`FeynCalc`

Mathematica says a bunch of lines saying stuff like:

FeynAmp::shdw: Symbol FeynAmp appears in multiple contexts {FeynArts`,HighEnergyPhysics`FeynCalc`FeynAmp`}; definitions in context FeynArts` may shadow or be shadowed by other definitions. >>

Anyone know what to do, how to install FeynCalc on a Mac properly? I'm using Mathematica version 8.

Szabolcs
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It looks like FeynArts did not get patched. Please follow the instructions here, i.e., reinstall fc820.zip and then do :

$LoadPhi=True;
Needs["HighEnergyPhysics`FeynCalc`"];

If I find time I update FeynCalc to include a patched FeynArts. The problem is that some examples in fcexamples do not work with FeynArts 3.7 and I need to have a look at how to fix this. Sorry for the trouble, but this is all voluntary work done by Frederik Orelland and myself in our (spare) free time by now.

Rolf Mertig
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  • I'm sorry, maybe I should've added that after all the red text "errors" the last thing Mathematica wrote was: "FeynArts 3.7 patched for use with FeynCalc" . So maybe it did got patched? I don't know...I'm new to Mathematica and even newer to FeynCalc. BTW Thank you for FeynCalc and all the work you've put into it. Credit will of course be given :) – Ker Apr 20 '13 at 15:34
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    Just try to delete the directory HighEnergyPhysics, unzip fc820.zip again and run the answer again.This should work. – Rolf Mertig Apr 20 '13 at 15:39
  • OK I'll give it a try, thanks. – Ker Apr 20 '13 at 15:53
  • OK I did exactly like you said and this time no red error messages (instead Mathematica did some crazy things writing out hundreds of lines, in the end it says Finished! Loading FeynArts, see www.feynarts.de for documentation; FeynArts 3.7 patched for use with FeynCalc). I think it's good now, but I don't know since I don't know how to test wether it works or not, but I thinks it is OK now. Thank you for your help! – Ker Apr 20 '13 at 16:03
  • The next time you start FeynCalc (if you do not want to use FeynArts and Tarcer and Phi you can speed things up by executing first $LoadPhi=$LoadTARCER = $LoadPhi = False; followed by Needs["HighEnergyPhysicsFeynCalc`"];) and then try to run some examples, e.g., from here or you can try some of the .m or .nb files from the fcexamples subdirectory from HighEnergyPhysics (though some will not work unfortunately right now) – Rolf Mertig Apr 20 '13 at 18:07
  • Awesome! Thanks for the tips, I'll post feedback in the future. – Ker Apr 21 '13 at 00:06