[vtkusers] Python/Tk Widgets Library

[f f]

I am in Mandrake 8.1 which is basically Red Hat. But there is no
file with the phrase 'libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets' in it anywhere.

>From: David Gobbi <dgobbi at irus.rri.ca>
>To: f f <gray_java at hotmail.com>
>CC: <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
>Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Python/Tk Widgets Library
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:41:39 -0500 (EST)
>
>Hi gray_java at hotmail.com,
>
>My guess is that you are using RedHat 7.2 or some other very
>recent distribution.  For some reason, on these systems Tcl
>expects extensions to end in ".so" whereas previously Tcl
>didn't expect any extension.
>
>So, just find libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets (without the .so),
>cd into that directory, and do
>ln -s libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets.so
>and the problem will be solved.
>
>If anyone knows why tcl suddenly started expecting a ".so" extension
>on these systems, I'd love to hear.
>
>  - David
>
>--
>   David Gobbi, MSc                       dgobbi at irus.rri.ca
>   Advanced Imaging Research Group
>   Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
>
>On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, f f wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When attempting to run "python vtkTkRenderWidget.py" from the
> > Wrapping/Python directory I am informed "TclError: couldn't load file
> > "libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets.so": libvtkRenderingPythonTkWidgets.so:
> > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory".
> >
> > So I looked all over for it and can't find it. It isn't in the /bin
> > directory where I would expect it to be. The closest i've got is
> > libvtkRenderingPython.so. Is there some sort of special installation
> > procedure I should follow to get the missing library? Do you have to 
>install
> > VTK with Tcl support to get it maybe?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
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