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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. | 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. I have built paraview in '/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3' | ||
To run a vtk python script, simply type: | |||
python script.py | |||
If you receive this error: | |||
ImportError: No module named vtk | |||
ImportError: No | add the following line to ~/.bashrc | ||
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/VTK/Wrapping/Python/ | |||
Try to run the script again. If you get something like this: | |||
ImportError: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.pv3.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory | |||
Add the following to ~/.bashrc | |||
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/bin | export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/bin | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 17 June 2009
There are two main ways to install VTK - 1) as part of Paraview or 2) stand alone. In the following instructions, I've built Paraview and VTK has been installed as part of that process. I have built paraview in '/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3'
To run a vtk python script, simply type: python script.py
If you receive this error: ImportError: No module named vtk
add the following line to ~/.bashrc export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/VTK/Wrapping/Python/
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=/usr/local/lib:/home/doriad/bin/ParaView3/bin
