[Paraview] Superbuild and Windows

Thu Sep 11 10:56:42 EDT 2014

Michael,

The patches would be great! I don't think we tested with system Python on
Windows.

Utkarsh

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Reuter, Michael A. <reuterma at ornl.gov>
wrote:

> I used a system Python which is pointed at a Python we distribute with
> Mantid on Windows. BTW, do you want me to pass along the patches I have for
> the USE_SYSTEM_matplotlib issues I run into, or should I just handle those
> in a Superbuild fork?
>
> Thanks,
> M
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:21 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
>
> Michael, with VS2012, what was your selection for Python? Were you
> using system Python or did you let the superbuild build its own?
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Reuter, Michael A. <reuterma at ornl.gov
> <mailto:reuterma at ornl.gov>> wrote:
> I’m working with VS2012. Thanks for the update on Mavericks.
>
> M
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
>
> Great! Which VS was this? The Pygments thing should be tracked down.
> I'll see what's happening there. BTW, I am making progress on
> Mavericks build. I think I have most things ironed out. I'll send an
> updated email once I have dashboard testing it.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Reuter, Michael A. <reuterma at ornl.gov
> <mailto:reuterma at ornl.gov>> wrote:
> I switched to Ninja and shortened up the paths, but what really got things
> working was passing the VTK_USE_SYSTEM_PYGMENTS down to the ParaView CMake
> config via the PV_EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS. After that, the build went smoothly. I
> hit a snag on creating the package because I’m triggering the
> USE_SYSTEM_matplotlib option and the Projects/win32/paraview.bundle.cmake
> does not trap the copying of matplotlib related items when this flag is
> used. I see a similar issue in the Projects/apple/paraview.bundle.cmake
> file as well. I added a AND NOT USE_SYSTEM_matplotlib to the if
> (matplotlib_ENABLED) line and that fixed the generated cmake_install.cmake
> file and the package created fine. I’ve tested the resulting package and so
> far so good.
>
> M
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com><mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Are you using VS generator? Can you switch to using Ninja? You can
> still use the MSVC compilers. The error is popping up when the build
> is trying to compiler the pygments *.py files. You'll get the same
> error later when it's trying to compile the ParaView *.py files.
>
> Also, another thing to note is that Windows has issues with long
> paths. So I'd suggest moving the superbuild source and build
> directories to something lower to avoid those e.g. C:/tmp/pvs-src and
> C:/tmp/pvs-build.
>
> Finally, if you're using VS2012, you'll need to use a system Python.
> Currently. the Python included in the superbuild is intended for
> VS2008. Also VS2012, is currently untested. As a first pass, if
> possible, I'd suggest using VS 2008. Once that's working, you can give
> VS2012 try. Hopefully, it should work (except the Python caveat), but
> I am always wary of VS version differences.
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Reuter, Michael A. <reuterma at ornl.gov
> <mailto:reuterma at ornl.gov><mailto:reuterma at ornl.gov>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
>              I’m having an issue with the ParaView Superbuild on Windows
> (VS2012). I get this error during the build process:
>
>
>
>       322>  Compiling Python package 'pygments'
>
>
>
>       322>  Listing
>
> C:/Users/2zr/Build/ParaView-Superbuild/paraview/src/paraview-build/lib/site-packages/pygments
> ...
>
>
>
>       322>  Listing
>
> C:/Users/2zr/Build/ParaView-Superbuild/paraview/src/paraview-build/lib/site-packages/pygments\filters
> ...
>
>
>
>       322>  Listing
>
> C:/Users/2zr/Build/ParaView-Superbuild/paraview/src/paraview-build/lib/site-packages/pygments\formatters
> ...
>
>
>
>       322>  Listing
>
> C:/Users/2zr/Build/ParaView-Superbuild/paraview/src/paraview-build/lib/site-packages/pygments\lexers
> ...
>
>
>
>       322>  Listing
>
> C:/Users/2zr/Build/ParaView-Superbuild/paraview/src/paraview-build/lib/site-packages/pygments\styles
> ...
>
>
>
>       322>  ImportError: No module named site
>
>
>
>   9>C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(172,5):
> error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1.
> [C:\Users\2zr\Build\ParaView-Superbuild\paraview.vcxproj]
>
>
>
>       322>
>
>       322>Build FAILED.
>
>
>
> However, the site module exists when I run python. I’m building from a
> script so I can control the environment. Everything else seems to build
> just
> fine. However, nothing appears in the install directory for cpack to find.
> I
> can’t tell if this build error is disrupting the process or something else
> is going wrong. What controls the pygments build so I can shut it off for
> now?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
>
>
>
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