[vtkusers] ImportError: No module named vtk - Installation problem VTK 6.1.0, Debian 7, Anaconda python ?

[Karl Woelfer]

Hello - 


We recently installed vtk-5.10 on Ubuntu 12.04,  Anaconda 1.4.0 python, no
problems.


Now we have moved to the Debian 7 OS and are attempting to install the
newest VTK 6.1.0, with Anaconda python 2.1.0


Our procedures (below) were modified for the new environment. Some
configuration parameters have changed in VTK also.


At the end of the install, our python test fails:


python -c "from vtk import vtkVersion; print
vtkVersion.GetVTKSourceVersion()"


Traceback (most recent call last):


  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>


ImportError: No module named vtk


Is part of the problem with LD_LIBRARY_PATH? The previous VTK version 5.10
under Ubuntu 12.04 created a directory: /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.10


LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/vtk-6.1   <<<< Don't know
where this is created


Thanks so much for suggestions to fix.


- KarlW


Visualization Toolkit (VTK) 6.1.0


Download the latest version of vtk source (VTK-6.1.0.tar.gz) and vtk-data
(VTKData-6.1.0.tar.gz) from
http://www.vtk.org/VTK/resources/software.html#latest

Copy to /usr/local; untar/unzip    NOTE that the VTKData untars to
/usr/local/VTK-6.1.0/.ExternalData

cd to VTK-6.1.0;             mkdir VTK_BUILD  cd VTK_BUILD

sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev

Add /usr/include to PATH, export OPENLGL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/GL

ccmake ..

(hit c)  to configure

BUILD_DOCUMENTATION *OFF (default)

BUILD_EXAMPLES *OFF
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS *OFF 
BUILD_TESTING *ON 
 
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE *Debug 
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX */usr/local
 

EXECINFO_LIB *EXECINFO_LIB-NOTFOUND (default)

VTK_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS *OFF 

VTK_Group_Imaging *OFF (default)

VTK_Group_MPI *OFF (default)

VTK_Group_Qt *OFF (default)

VTK_Group_Rendering *ON (default)

VTK_Group_Standalone *ON (default)

VTK_Group_Tk *OFF (default)

 VTK_Group_Views *OFF (default)

VTK_Group_Web *OFF (default)

VTK_SMP_IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE *Sequential (default)

VTK_USE_LARGE_JAVA *OFF (default)
VTK_WRAP_JAVA *OFF 
VTK_WRAP_PYTHON *OFF 

VTK_WRAP_TCL *OFF

Then, run make to compile VTK

sudo make -j12  (this will use parallel compilation on a 12 - 16 core
workstation) 

sudo make install

--------------------------

sudo apt-get install tk-dev

cd VTK_BUILD

ccmake ..

(hit c)  to configure

enable BUILD_SHARED_LIBS

CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is default  /usr/local

enable VTK_WRAP_PYTHON

enter advanced configuration by pressing "t"

PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/local/anaconda/include/python2.7

PYTHON_LIBRARY /usr/local/anaconda/lib/libpython2.7.so PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
/usr/local/anaconda/bin/python2.7

VTK_DATA_STORE   /usr/local/VTK-6.1.0  ?

VTK_INSTALL_PYTHON_MODULE_DIR  /usr/local/lib/python./site-packages  ?

"c" to configure

"g" to generate

sudo make -j12  

sudo make install

------------------------

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/vtk-6.1   <<<< Don't
know where this is created

TEST: python -c "from vtk import vtkVersion; print
vtkVersion.GetVTKSourceVersion()"

EXPECT  vtk version 6.1.0

 

 

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