[vtkusers] install python wrapping on Mac 10.7

[David Gobbi]

So it didn't work when you typed this before "make install"?

export PYTHONPATH=/Users/sgu/softwares/lib/python2.7/site-packages/

 - David


On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>     Thanks for replying. I got a similar error. But I did set up the
> PYTHONPATH env variable and export it. But for some reason, it doesn't see
> it. This is the error I got, the  complete screen output for 'make install'
> is also attached.
> --------------------------------------------------
> running cd "/Users/sgu/softwares/VTK/Wrapping/Python" &&
> /opt/local/bin/python setup.py install --prefix="/Users/sgu/softwares"  2>&1
> running install
> Checking .pth file support in
> /Users/sgu/softwares/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python
> -E -c pass
> TEST FAILED: /Users/sgu/softwares/lib/python2.7/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:
>
>     /Users/sgu/softwares/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
>
> and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
>
>     ''
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:33 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Shiyan,
>>
>> Did "make install" give an error, or did it just do nothing?  I have seen
>> the
>> following error on some systems:
>>
>>   "This directory does not currently exist.  Please create it and try
>> again,
>>   or choose a different installation directory (using the -d or
>>   --install-dir option)."
>>
>> If you get the error that I quoted above, then setup.py is telling you
>> that it
>> needs you to specify a site-packages directory that already exists and is
>> in the python path.
>>
>> If "make install" didn't give any error, then your problem is something
>> else.
>>
>>  - David
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >        I tried to install vtk 5.8.0 on my mac 10.7 with Xcode 4.2. The
>> > `cmake` and `make` is successful but make install doesn't copy the
>> > python
>> > module( eg. VTK/wrapping/Python/vtk/__init__.py) to the
>> > $prefix-dir/lib/python2.7/site-packages.  The values I set are
>> > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix-dir -DBUILD_SHARED_LIB=ON
>> > -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON=ON.
>> >
>> > Any step did I miss? Thanks.
>
>