[vtk-developers] python-vtk6 ubuntu package - Fail to import vtk - issue has been reported on launchpad

[Ben Boeckel]

[ CC'ing Anton who reported a similar error in ParaView on Debian. ]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 18:19:00 -0500, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin wrote:
> FYI - On ubuntu, importing vtk after installing python-vtk6 was failing.
> The problem has been reported here:
> 
>      https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vtk6/+bug/1404045

They should probably sync with Debian. VTK5 in Debian shipped with a
script which relinked Python stuff all over the place and is no longer
necessary in VTK6.

The offending file was:

    http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/vtk6.git;a=blob;f=debian/python-vtk6.links;h=7b07780ed3d933ab944f5398d6cc1e3daa57d953;hb=HEAD

and generate_links.sh.

--Ben