[Paraview] ANN: ParaView 5.2.0 now available for download

[Florian Blachère]

On 17/11/16 16:46, Ben Boeckel wrote:
> 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
Ok, I saw the issue #16870 after sending my question. There is also some
conflicts with binary files (for instance mpiexec).

I think I will drop everything in /opt instead of /usr to avoid those
conflicts with system files.

Florian



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