[vtkusers] using VTK 5.6 through Python 2.6 on windows

[Prathamesh Kulkarni]

So, from what you said, I get the following steps for using VTK in Python:

1. Set
the PYTHONPATH=C:/VTK/VTK_BIN_DIR/Wrapping/Python;C:/VTK/VTK_BIN_DIR/bin/Debug
2. Copy all vtkxxPython.pyd files from xx/vtk/bin to
xx/vtk/Wrapping/Python/vtk
3. Copy the xx/vtk/Wrapping/Python/vtk to Pythonxx/../site_packages/vtk

Is this the correct way ?

- Prathamesh


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:06 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> The vtkxxxPythonD.dlls must not be renamed to .pyd.  Those are not
> python modules.  They are DLLs that the python modules (like
> vtkCommonPython.pyd) need.
>
> If you built VTK correctly, you should already have
> vtkCommonPython.pyd without having to rename any files.  All of the
> file renaming that you have done is incorrect, none of these files
> should ever be renamed.
>
>  David
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Prathamesh Kulkarni
> <prathameshmkulkarni at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have set the PYTHONPATH as mentioned below.
> > Now, I did the following:
> > 1. Copied all the vtkxxPythonD.dll to the 'vtk' directory.
> > 2. Renamed these with the extension *.pyd.
> > 3. Copied this 'vtk' directory to site_packages of Python2.6
> > 4. Got an error 'ImportError: No module named vtkCommonPython'
> > 5. Renamed all the vtkxxPythonD.pyd files to vtkxxPython.pyd
> > After this, so far, import vtk works.
> > Could you please explain me whether what I did is formal and correct way
> of
> > using vtk in Python and why?
> > Thanks,
> > Prathamesh
> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Prathamesh,
> >>
> >> The vtk "module" is the vtk directory in Wrapping\Python.  It, in
> >> turn, requires all the the Python.pyd files in the bin\Debug directory
> >> (or just bin if you are using mingw or cygwin to compile).
> >>
> >> SET
> >>
> PYTHONPATH=C:/VTK/VTK_BIN_DIR/Wrapping/Python;C:/VTK/VTK_BIN_DIR/bin/Debug
> >>
> >> If you made a VTK directory in site_packages, get rid of it until you
> >> have everything working with PYTHONPATH.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Prathamesh Kulkarni
> >> <prathameshmkulkarni at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello all,
> >> > I want to be able to use VTK in Python. I have installed VTK with
> >> > BUILD_SHARD_LIBS and WRAP_PYTHON. Then I build VTK in debug mode.
> >> > I get a lot of files in C:\VTK\VTK_BIN_DIR\Wrapping\Python. I tried to
> >> > do
> >> > many things with this:
> >> > 1. Create a new environment variable called PYTHONPATH and add the
> above
> >> > path there
> >> > 2. copy everything in that path to a new directory called VTK inside
> >> > site_packages
> >> > None of this seems to work and I cannot do a 'import vtk'. I keep
> >> > getting
> >> > the error: 'ImportError: No module named VTK'
> >> > Please point me out to a formal way of helping python 'see' vtk
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Prathamesh
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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