VTK/Tutorials/PythonEnvironmentSetup: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:01, 18 February 2016

In the following instructions, I have built VTK in '/home/doriad/bin/VTK'

To run a vtk python script, simply type:

python script.py

If you receive this error:

ImportError: No module named vtk

add the following line to ~/.bashrc

export PYTHONPATH=/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib:/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib/site-packages:/home/doriad/bin/VTK/Wrapping/Python:$PYTHONPATH

Try to run the script again. If you get something like this:

ImportError: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.pv3.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Add the following to ~/.bashrc

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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-There are two main ways to install VTK - 1) as part of Paraview or 2) stand alone. In the following instructions, I've built Paraview and VTK has been installed as part of that process.
+In the following instructions, I have built VTK in '/home/doriad/bin/VTK'
-I've built paraview in '/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3'
+To run a vtk python script, simply type:
+ python script.py
-To prevent "library not found", add this to .bashrc
+If you receive this error:
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/bin
+ ImportError: No module named vtk
+add the following line to ~/.bashrc
+ export PYTHONPATH=/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib:/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib/site-packages:/home/doriad/bin/VTK/Wrapping/Python:$PYTHONPATH
+Try to run the script again. If you get something like this:
+ ImportError: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.pv3.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
+Add the following to ~/.bashrc
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/doriad/bin/VTK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH