[vtkusers] libvtkCommon.so

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "TW" == Thomas Wolfanger <t.wolfanger at tlt.de> writes:

    TW> Hello, I'm using vtk 4.2.1 and python on a debian woody
    TW> (knoppix) system.  The problem occurs when I try to import
    TW> vtk:
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    TW> The strange thing about it is: libvtkCommon.so does not exist
    TW> on my system, only libvtkCommon.so.4.2. It is located in
    TW> /usr/lib, so the linker should find it. I noticed that
    TW> normally, all libs have links to <libname>.so, and these seem
    TW> to be created automatically. Why are the corresponding links
    TW> not created for the libvtk*?  Is this the reason for the
    TW> problem I have or am I totally wrong?

I really have no idea why the links are not made on your system but
you might just want to try running ldconfig to see if that fixes the
problem?

cheers,
prabhu