[vtkusers] make install failure on OSX10.2.6? python import error

[Dr. Daniel James White PhD]

Hi all,

After some effort with cmake and CMakeCache.txt editing I have managed  
to compile and link vtk using carbon windowing interface with python  
and tcl wrapping. The make install step gave no errors.
I then ran the setup.py install script for the python wrapping (  
VTK/Wrapping/Python/setup.py )
No problems there.

However when attempting to import vtk within the python interpreter, I  
get an import error, eg

[danwhites-ibook:/Applications/Mayavi/mayavi] danwhite% pythonw
Python 2.3 (#2, Jul 30 2003, 11:45:28)
[GCC 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import vtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
   File  
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site- 
packages/vtk_python/vtk/__init__.py", line 27, in ?
     from common import *
   File  
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site- 
packages/vtk_python/vtk/common.py", line 7, in ?
     from libvtkCommonPython import *
ImportError: Failure linking new module: libvtkCommonPythonD.dylib:  
dyld:  
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Resources/Python.app/ 
Contents/MacOS/Python can't open library: libvtkCommonPythonD.dylib   
(No such file or directory, errno = 2)

 >>>

I am trying to run mayavi and of course this problem prevents it from  
working.

The file libvtkCommonPythonD.dylib was built in the make process
(in VTK/Common/libvtkCommonPython.dylib),
But maybe it wasn't installed to the location it is being looked for  
in? This is the only copy on my system.

Do I need to specify something extra in my CMakeCache.txt file to get  
this file (and maybe others) installed in the right place?

The test programs in the VTK/bin directory, eg TimeRenderer work fine.

any ideas anyone?

I'd love to get Mayavi working on my iBook, so I can show off the great  
new volume rendering module at the ELSO conference in Germany this  
weekend....

cheers

Dan



Dr. Daniel James White BSc. (Hons.) PhD
Cell Biology
Department of biological and environmental science
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