[Paraview] Error building ParaView with OSMesa and Python

[Ian Krukow]

Hello,

I am trying to build ParaView 3.98.0 with OSMesa and Python 2.7 on a 
Linux cluster (Red Hat Enterprise). According to the Wiki 
(http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView_And_Mesa_3D), I do the 
following:

ccmake -D PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI:BOOL=OFF -D VTK_USE_X:BOOL=OFF -D 
VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=ON {PARAVIEW_SOURCE_DIR}
Specify OSMesa paths
configure
generate
make

So far, Python is disabled, and everything works fine. Then I turn on 
the parameter PARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON. On my laptop (Ubuntu 12.04), 
everything is still fine. But on the cluster, I run into the following 
error with the make command:

[iankruko at dnode192 ParaView-3.98.0-OSMesa]$ make
[  0%] Built target vtksys
[  0%] Built target vtkWrappingTools
[  0%] Built target vtkWrapHierarchy
[  1%] Built target vtkCommonCore
[  1%] Built target vtkWrapPythonInit
Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/libvtkWrappingPython27-pv3.98.so
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonArgs::BuildValue(vtkUnicodeString const&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.h:692: 
undefined reference to `PyUnicodeUCS2_DecodeUTF8'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function `bool 
vtkPythonGetUnsignedLongLongValue<unsigned long long>(_object*, unsigned 
long long&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:106: 
undefined reference to `PyErr_WarnEx'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonGetValue(_object*, long&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:50: 
undefined reference to `PyErr_WarnEx'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function `bool 
vtkPythonGetLongLongValue<long long>(_object*, long long&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:92: 
undefined reference to `PyErr_WarnEx'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonGetValue(_object*, unsigned long&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:59: 
undefined reference to `PyErr_WarnEx'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function `bool 
vtkPythonGetStringValue<char const>(_object*, char const*&, char const*)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:161: 
undefined reference to `_PyUnicodeUCS2_AsDefaultEncodedString'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function `bool 
vtkPythonGetStringValue<char>(_object*, char*&, char const*)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:161: 
undefined reference to `_PyUnicodeUCS2_AsDefaultEncodedString'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonGetValue(_object*, vtkUnicodeString&)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:311: 
undefined reference to `PyUnicodeUCS2_AsUTF8String'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonArgs.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonGetStdStringValue(_object*, std::basic_string<char, 
std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, char const*)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonArgs.cxx:196: 
undefined reference to `_PyUnicodeUCS2_AsDefaultEncodedString'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/vtkPythonUtil.cxx.o: In function 
`vtkPythonUtil::VariantHash(vtkVariant const*)':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/vtkPythonUtil.cxx:850: 
undefined reference to `PyUnicodeUCS2_DecodeUTF8'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx.o: In function 
`PyVTKMutableObject_Index':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx:464: 
undefined reference to `PyNumber_Index'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx.o: In function 
`PyVTKMutableObject_Hex':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx:385: 
undefined reference to `PyNumber_ToBase'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx.o: In function 
`PyVTKMutableObject_Oct':
/home/iankruko/sources/ParaView-3.98.0-src/VTK/Wrapping/Python/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx:403: 
undefined reference to `PyNumber_ToBase'
CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/PyVTKMutableObject.cxx.o:(.data.rel+0x78): 
undefined reference to `PyObject_HashNotImplemented'
collect2: ld gab 1 als Ende-Status zurück
make[2]: *** [lib/libvtkWrappingPython27-pv3.98.so.1] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [VTK/Wrapping/Python/CMakeFiles/vtkWrappingPython.dir/all] 
Fehler 2
make: *** [all] Fehler 2

I do not know, where the essential difference between the two systems 
is, neither where to look for it. Can anybody help me?

Thanks,
Ian