[vtkusers] VTK Problem Upon Python 2.5 Upgrade

[Dominik Szczerba]

Shari Rolnick wrote:
> The output from running vtkpython is:
> 
> [shari at localhost testing]$ vtkpython
> vtkpython: error while loading shared libraries: libvtksys.so.5.0: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [shari at localhost testing]$
> 
> 
> My PYTHONPATH is:
> [shari at localhost vtk-5.0]$ echo $PYTHONPATH
> /usr/local/src/vtk/VTK/bin:/usr/local/src/vtk/VTK/Wrapping/Python:/usr/local
> /lib:/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-ansi
> [shari at localhost vtk-5.0]$
> 

there is no path to the *.so files here as much as I can see.
- Dominik

> And my .bash_profile contains:
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> 
> When I try to echo the value in the shell, though, it does not seem to be
> getting set unless I "source .bash_profile".  (I thought logging out and
> back in should force it to read the .bash_profile?)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Shari
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vtkusers-bounces+shari=loralee.net at vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-
>> bounces+shari=loralee.net at vtk.org] On Behalf Of Dominik Szczerba
>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:12 AM
>> To: vtkusers
>> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] VTK Problem Upon Python 2.5 Upgrade
>>
>> Check if your PYTHONPATH or maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH points to the right
>> place, it might need to be /whatever/lib/vtk5.0something and not just
>> /whatever/lib
>>
>> And in any case try to invoke your script with vtkpython first.
>>
>> -Dominik
>>
>> fred wrote:
>>> Shari Rolnick a écrit :
>>>> Okay.  I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my .bash_profile file, but it still
>>>> doesn't
>>>> work.  Here's the output:
>>>>
>>>> [shari at localhost ~]$ source .bash_profile [shari at localhost ~]$ echo
>>>> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>>> /usr/local/lib:
>>>>
>>> Hmm, what shell do you use ??
>>> If you use (t)csh shell, you have to set your environment variable in
>>> csh file,
>>> not a (ba)sh one.
>>> If you use (ba)sh shell, you do not have to source it (source is not a
>>> bash builtin shell, but tcsh).
>>>>> BTW, your python seems to looking for in /usr/local/src, looks
>>>>> weird to me...
>>>>>
>>>> I think that was just my inept installation.  I put the source code
>>>> for VTK
>>>> there, but when I built it, I think I just built it in place rather
>> than
>>>> giving it a different directory.  Will that hurt anything?
>>>>
>>> So what should be the meaning of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH ??
>>> python has to look for libs in /usr/local/lib, not in /usr/local/src !
>>>
>>> Where are your VTK libs installed ?
>>>
>> --
>> Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>> Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
>> http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi
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Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
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