[Paraview] ANN: ParaView 5.2.0 now available for download

[Ben Boeckel]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:22:33 +0100, Florian Blachère wrote:
> In the binary package of the 5.2.0 release for linux
> (ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2-MPI-Linux-64bit.tar.gz) the python libraries
> are under:
> 'ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/python2.7', whereas with
> the 5.1.2 release, the files are located under:
> 'ParaView-5.1.2-Qt4-OpenGL2-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/paraview-5.1/lib/python2.7'.
> 
> Is it an intentional change ? Because with this new location, there is
> many file conflicts with system python libraries located in
> '/usr/lib/python2.7'.

Yes, it was done intentionally, though possibly in ignorance to use
cases where it being separate is a benefit. The idea is to make the
package look as much like you'd expect if ParaView were installed
normally (i.e., a Python module would be put under the expected
site-packages directory).

You can create symlinks from anywhere to the paraview and vtk
directories in the packaged binary and set PYTHONPATH to it if you'd
like to use an external Python as a stopgap, but what is your reason for
wanting an external Python? Would making those packages available to the
packaged Python be sufficient?

--Ben