[vtkusers] Need Help Compiling VTK on OS X With Python Wrappers and a Local Python Installation

[Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA]

Except that when I built my local python installation I built it for a
unix platform using .so libraries. No frameworks. No dylibs.

I think what I want is vtk built the same way, that is, for a unix
platform.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gobbi [mailto:david.gobbi at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:09 PM
To: Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
Cc: Berk Geveci; vtkusers at vtk.org
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Need Help Compiling VTK on OS X With Python
Wrappers and a Local Python Installation

Hi Mark,

You're very close.  You need to set the PYTHON_LIBRARY variable like so:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Python

Or like so:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Python

Of course using the correct path to your own python framework.

   David


On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
<Mark.E.Smith at arnold.af.mil> wrote:
> Yes, but the build process complains that it wants a file and not a
> directory (at least on the PYTHON_LIBRARY setting). But since the
> default just points to the framework directory I cannot tell what is
the
> correct thing to put here.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berk Geveci [mailto:berk.geveci at kitware.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 3:29 PM
> To: Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Need Help Compiling VTK on OS X With Python
> Wrappers and a Local Python Installation
>
> Did you try setting PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR and PYTHON_LIBRARY to point to
> your Python build? Note that these are advanced settings so you will
> have to turn on advanced mode in CMake.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
> <Mark.E.Smith at arnold.af.mil> wrote:
>> I suspect that this question has been answered, but so for I have not
>> been able to find the answer. I want to build and install VTK with
>> Python wrappers on OS X. I must install VTK locally since I do not
> have
>> root access. I have a local installation of Python. When I build VTK
> the
>> system installation of Python and the libraries in the Python
> framework
>> are used. Thus, when I run my local python and attempt to import vtk
I
>> get an error like below.
>>
>> Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)
>>
>> I have LD_LIBRARY_PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the path where my
>> local Python libraries exist. I have my path set to pickup my local
>> python executable and that is what is reported when I configure with
>> ccmake. My local python installation does not have frameworks or
dylib
>> files. I am using VTK 5.4.2. Any suggestions how to solve this
> problem?
>>
>> Thanks
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