[vtkusers] Python Wrapping and LD_LIBRARY_PATH

[Charles Doutriaux]

Hi Prabhu,

That was it! I needed to turn the CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH off

I now can use python and vtk without any environement variables set !

Thx a lot,

C.

Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
>>>>>>"CD" == Charles Doutriaux <doutriaux1 at llnl.gov> writes:
> 
> 
>     CD> The CVS compiles fine, unfortunately, unlike in 4.2.3 after
>     CD> running python setup.py install, I still need to set my
>     CD> LD_LIBRARY_PATH or I get the following message (*). It is ok
>     CD> for now, but we plan on redistributing our stuff and it'd be
>     CD> nicer if we could do without asking the user to set his/her
>     CD> LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
> 
>     CD> Any help/comment welcome,
> 
> Yes, this can be a pain.  If you are using RH 9.0 you could use the
> nightly RPMs available here:
> 
>   http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/vtk/
> 
> I have heard that they work just fine.  
> 
> If you don't want to export LD_LIBRARY_PATH you can install
> libvtk*Python.so in a directory that is in the linkers path (i.e. with
> the other libvtk*.so files) and then make symbolic links in
> site-packages/vtk_python/ to the libvtk*Python.so modules.  I thought
> that the setup.py script does this correctly?  Doesn't it?
> 
> You might also find this useful.
> 
>   http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2003-April/017122.html
> 
> 
> cheers,
> prabhu
>