[vtkusers] VTK Python Wrap - libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.7: cannot open shared object file

[Wendel Silva]

Hi Eric,

I have done the `make install` but for some reason the LD_LIBRARY_PATH was
set.
I just managed to set it manually myself and it worked.

thanks

Wendel B Silva

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu> wrote:

> Hey Wendel,
>
> Do you have your LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the directory where the .so
> libraries are located? If you haven't done a "make install" the
> VTK/Wrapping/Python/README.txt file has this entry:
>
>   (2) Using the package from the source build without installing it
>       system wide and without using `vtkpython`.  This is most
>       useful when you build VTK off a CVS checkout and do not want
>       to install it system wide and still want to use the vanilla
>       Python interpreter.  This is also useful if you are not the
>       administrator of the machine you are using/building VTK on.
>
>     Unix/Linux
>       Under Unix the way to do this is to set the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
>       (or equivalent) to the directory that contains the libvtk*.so
>       libraries.  You must also set your `PYTHONPATH` to *both* the
>       directory that contains all the `libvtk*Python.so` files *and*
>       the `Wrapping/Python` directory.  Under bash/sh something like
>       so needs to be done::
>
>         $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH
>         $ export
> PYTHONPATH=$VTK_ROOT/Wrapping/Python:${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}
>
>       and under csh::
>
>         $ setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}
>         $ setenv PYTHONPATH
> ${VTK_ROOT}/Wrapping/Python:${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}
>
>       where VTK_ROOT is the directory where VTK is being built
>       (`VTK_BINARY_DIR`) and `LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH` (this variable is
>       set in `CMakeCache.txt`) is where the libraries are built.
>       Change this to suit your configuration.
>
>
> -Eric
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Eric E Monson
> Duke Visualization Technology Group
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Wendel Silva wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just compiled the last VTK version with the Wrapping for Python, but it
> doesnt seems to work here.
> I didnt get errors during the compilation. I checked the access permission
> in the folders/files and looks fine. I checked the PYTHONPATH and everything
> seems right.
>
> Im getting the following error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
>>     import vtk
>>   File "/home/wendel/Desktop/vtk-build/Wrapping/Python/vtk/__init__.py",
>> line 41, in <module>
>>     from common import *
>>   File "/home/wendel/Desktop/vtk-build/Wrapping/Python/vtk/common.py",
>> line 7, in <module>
>>     from libvtkCommonPython import *
>> ImportError: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.7: cannot open shared object file:
>> No such file or directory
>>
>
> Im using vtk on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wendel B Silva
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