[vtkusers] Installation vtk 5.2.0 on OS X and PYTHONPATH

[Antoine Dechaume]

Thank you Dan but setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH does  
not change anything unfortunately.


On 18-Sep-08, at 10:24 AM, Dan White wrote:

> Hi Antoine
>
> sometimes you might need to set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> to point at the vtkWhateverPythonD.so
> I just had to do that on ubuntu linux 64 bit with vtk 5.2
> and have had to do it on OSX in the past also.
>
>
>
>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:05:18 -0600
>> From: Antoine Dechaume <boolegue at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [vtkusers] Installation vtk 5.2.0 on OS X and PYTHONPATH
>> To: vtkusers <vtkusers at vtk.org>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I compiled and tested successfully vtk 5.2.0 on OS X 10.5 intel, with
>> python wrapping on.
>> At installation step, I got the following problem
>>
>> running cd "/Users/tonio/Downloads/Science/VTK/build/Wrapping/Python"
>> && /usr/bin/python2.5 setup.py install --prefix="/usr/local"  2>&1
>> running install
>> Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/
>> Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -E -c pass
>> TEST FAILED: /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ does NOT
>> support .pth files
>> error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
>>
>> You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
>> on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from.  The
>> installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
>> the distutils default setting) was:
>>
>>    /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
>>
>> and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
>>
>>    ''
>>
>> Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:
>>
>> * You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that  
>> is
>>  on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files
>>
>> * You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH  
>> environment
>>  variable.  (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
>>  Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)
>>
>> * You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files  
>> by
>>  using one of the approaches described here:
>>
>>  http://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html#custom-installation-locations
>>
>> Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
>>
>>
>> But I do have PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages !!!
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Antoine.
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