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

[Berk Geveci]

Same here. I have no idea how to build Python such that it generates
.so libraries rather than .dylib. Even things like MacPorts, which are
very Unixy, generate dylibs. I know for sure that there is no way of
generating VTK libraries as .sos (Python modules on the other hand
have the .so extension).

-berk

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:58 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, ya got me then.  Even when I build 3rd party unix non-framework
> stuff on the Mac, including python, I still get dylibs.  I didn't know
> the mac loader would even recognize .so libraries.
>
>   David
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
> <Mark.E.Smith at arnold.af.mil> wrote:
>> 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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