--- a/get_pythia8_version.py	2021-04-07 07:31:51.000000000 +0800
+++ b/get_pythia8_version.py	2021-04-08 12:32:12.100076666 +0800
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import subprocess
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
-local_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath( __file__ )))
+local_path = '/usr'
 
 error_exit_code = 9
 
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
     print( help_msg)
     sys.exit(error_exit_code)
 
-pythia8_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))
+pythia8_path = '/usr' 
 
 # The technique above didn't work, so we will try to obtain the version from the xml doc instead
 
 version = None
 
 def get_version_from_xml():
-    if not os.path.exists(pjoin(pythia8_path,'share','Pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml')):
+    if not os.path.exists(pjoin(pythia8_path,'share','pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml')):
         print( "Error in 'get_pythia8_version.py': could not get Pyhtia8 file \n  '%s'\n storing the version number"% \
-               pjoin(local_path,'share','Pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml'))
+               pjoin(local_path,'share','pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml'))
         return None
 
     versionfinder = re.compile('^\s*\<parmfix\s*name\=\"Pythia:versionNumber\"\s*default=\"(?P<version>[\d\.]+)\"\>')
 
-    for line in open(pjoin(pythia8_path,'share','Pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml')):
+    for line in open(pjoin(pythia8_path,'share','pythia8','xmldoc','Version.xml')):
         match = versionfinder.match(line)
         if match:
             version = match.group('version')