[vtkusers] I'm stupid - (Python 2.0 question)

[David Gobbi]

Getting right to the point, all that _should_ be required for install
is 'nmake install.'

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Jonathan M. Gilligan wrote:

> I don't put anything in WINNT/System (that's a godawful practice! 
> Thankfully, MS has forbidden this in Win 2K).  I put them in their own 
> directory, let'si call it "/bin/vtkdlls". I add "/bin/vtkdlls" to my
PATH 
> and add the following key to my registry:
> 
> HKLM/Software/Python/PythonCore/2.0/PythonPath/vtk
> 
> and give this key a default value of type REG_SZ and value "\bin\vtkdlls".
>
> 
> Now everything works like a charm!
> 
> You don't have to do anything with the .lib files to use Python. You only 
> need the .dll files.
> 
> If you want to build binary Python extensions, then you will need to link 
> with the vtk*.lib files, but since you may want to link other things than 
> Python extensions (MFC or wxWindows programs, perhaps) to the vtk 
> libraries, I prefer to leave them in the /vtk directory hierarchy.
> 
> At 11:52 AM 12/15/2000, Justin Vose wrote:
> >The answer to the question:
> >
> >Place vtk.dll in WINNT/System
> >Place all other DLLs in Python20/DLLs
> >Place all .lib's (except vtk.lib) in Python20/libs
> >Rename the 'python' directory to vtk (or whatever) and copy into Python20
> >Create a file in Python20 called 'vtkpython.pth' - contents: whatever you
> >renamed the 'python' directory to above.
> >
> >Fire up python.  Import vtkpython - and go nuts.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
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  David Gobbi, MSc                    dgobbi at irus.rri.on.ca
  Advanced Imaging Research Group
  Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario