[Paraview] Python builds from source

[pat marion]

1) 2.6 is sufficient, but I'd recommend using the latest 2.7 source if
possible
2) a default configure should be fine
3) you might consider building numpy.  It is optional, but paraview can use
it, if available, to provide extra functionality

Pat

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Rakesh Hammond <
rakesh.hammond at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having to build Python to link against Paraview.  I am on Linux system
> and have a number of different OS (by this I mean different versions of
> linux kernels) where the clients will be running.
>
> They all come with their own built versions of python(2.5/2.6/2.7)
> depending on how up-to-date a particular machine is.  This is causing me
> lots of pain as the paraview I build on machine (using my /usr/lib/python)
> is different to what may be on other clients :(
>
> I figured it may be best to build my own version of python from source and
> point my cmake entries to that directory.  The questions are as follows
>
> 1)Is python 2.6 is sufficient for Paraview-3.10.1?
>
> 2)Do I need to turn on any specific flags when building?
>
> 3)Do I need any other libraries (like the imaging library) for Paraview?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Rakesh.
>
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