[Paraview] PYTHONPATH for prebuilt MAC OSX Paraview

[David E DeMarle]

Make sure the build tree's bin directory is in you DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909



On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Colin McAuliffe <cjm2176 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> I tried building from source but I am getting errors importing
> paraview.simple:
>
>>>> from paraview.simple import *
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>  File
> "/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/simple.py",
> line 39, in <module>
>    import servermanager
>  File
> "/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/servermanager.py",
> line 43, in <module>
>    import paraview, re, os, os.path, new, sys, vtk
>  File
> "/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/vtk/__init__.py",
> line 1, in <module>
>    from vtkCommonPython import *
> ImportError:
> dlopen(/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/bin/vtkCommonPython.so,
> 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:
>
>  /Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/bin/vtkCommonPython.so:
> mach-o, but wrong architecture
>
>
> So I guess I configured wrong? I set the following variables in cmake:
>
> PARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON ON
> CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.6
> CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -arch x86_64
> CMAKE_C_FLAGS -arch x86_64
> CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES x86_64
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks
> Colin
>
> Quoting David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>:
>
>> It shouldn't be a problem with a build from source version of
>> ParaView. In that case when you turn on the python option cmake finds
>> your system python libs and build/links with them. If they happen to
>> find the wrong set for some reason you can always change them and
>> rebuild.
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 21 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-881-4909
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Colin McAuliffe  <cjm2176 at columbia.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, pvpython works. Are compatibility issues with paraview python
>>> modules and mac system python also present for versions of paraview
>>> compiled
>>> from the source code?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Colin
>>>
>>> Quoting pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com>:
>>>
>>>> The 'paraview' directory is the module.  Python treats directories that
>>>> contain a __init__.py file as modules.  So you want your python path to
>>>> contain "/Applications/ParaView 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python", and drop
>>>> the
>>>> /paraview ending.
>>>>
>>>> But, I recommend you use pvpython instead of python.  The paraview
>>>> python
>>>> modules may not be compatible with your system python.  Using pvpython
>>>> also
>>>> ensures that all paths are set correctly, so you don't need to set
>>>> PYTHONPATH.  You can find pvpython at:
>>>>
>>>>  /Applications/ParaView\ 3.10.1.app/Contents/bin/pvpython
>>>>
>>>> If you want to try system python, you need to:
>>>>
>>>> export PYTHONPATH=/Applications/ParaView\
>>>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python:/Applications/ParaView\
>>>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Libraries
>>>> export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/ParaView\
>>>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Libraries
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure it will work for you though.  On my system, python aborts
>>>> when
>>>> the modules are loaded.
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Colin McAuliffe
>>>>  <cjm2176 at columbia.edu>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> As I understand it, to take advantage of python scripting the
>>>>> PYTHONPATH
>>>>> variable must be set manually. I have added:
>>>>>
>>>>> PYTHONPATH="/Applications/**ParaView 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python/**
>>>>> paraview:${PYTHONPATH}"
>>>>> export PYTHONPATH
>>>>>
>>>>> Which is the location of .py modules. I am not able to locate the
>>>>> module
>>>>> paraview however. Where would this module be located?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> Columbia University
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> Colin McAuliffe
> PhD Candidate
> Columbia University
> Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
>