[vtkusers] Python VTK import errors (since upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04)

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Hans,

Come'on !

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Hans-Uwe Rempler
<rempler at mechbau.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> This seems to be the case:
> ---
> % ldd /usr/lib/libvtkFilteringPythonD.so.5.0
>        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7f51000)
>        libvtkFiltering.so.5.0 => /auto/opt/acis_v14.1/libs/libvtkFiltering.so.5.0 (0xb7b39000)
>        libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.0 => /usr/lib/libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.0 (0xb7a13000)
>        libvtkCommon.so.5.0 => /auto/opt/acis_v14.1/libs/libvtkCommon.so.5.0 (0xb787d000)
>        libvtksys.so.5.0 => /auto/opt/acis_v14.1/libs/libvtksys.so.5.0 (0xb7850000)
>        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7838000)
>        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7834000)
>        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7741000)
>        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb771b000)
>        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7710000)
>        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb75c1000)
>        libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0xb7507000)
>        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f52000)

I specifically said:  '/usr/lib/libvtkFiltering.so.5.0' and NOT
'/my/other/exotic/path/to/libvtkFiltering.so.5.0'

I think that '/auto/opt/acis_v14.1/libs/' is *very* exotic. Two things:
1. You did not install python-vtk package as expected (can't tell I am
on debian machine)
2. You have been messing around with your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Anyway if you know what you are doing, you can simply augment your pythonpath:

  export PYTHONPATH=$PYTOHNPATH: /auto/opt/acis_v14.1/libs/

If you pick this option, do not touch anything to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
it will need to contain this exotic path too.

>
> As far as i can remember i didn't change anything on the system
> configuration concerning VTK or Python...
> Do you think this is maybe a general problem which i have to contact the
> package maintainer for support (btw, does anybody have his direct e-mail
> address or do i have to mail to "Ubuntu MOTU Developers

unspamify( <ubuntu-motu lists.ubuntu.com> )

I do not think this is the right way of getting attention. On debian,
you either do not know if you are doing anything wrong, then send a
mail to the debian-users ML. I you know you are doing everything
right, you do 'reportbug' (you need to install that thing on your
system, and possibly a sendmail client too).

> Am i really the only one who runs into problems while using VTK in combination with Python under Ubuntu v8.04 ???

?


2cts
-- 
Mathieu