[vtkusers] Problems Installing VTK-Python on OSX

[Ranveer Aggarwal]

I guess the `make install` didn't work as expected. Is there anything else
I'm supposed to do after make install?

On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 23:12 Ranveer Aggarwal <ranveeraggarwal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I use the vtkpython executable and do an `import vtk`, it works.
>
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 23:05 David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You should also try the executable that VTK built (bin/vtkpython) to see
>> if it gives a different result from running python3 directly.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Ranveer Aggarwal <
>> ranveeraggarwal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> I looked all over CMakeCache.txt and didn't find any instance of
>>> "python2".
>>> Any other possible fix?
>>>
>>> If not, I'll try Bernard's solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your suggestions :)
>>>
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 19:05 David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ranveer,
>>>>
>>>> The error "PyThreadState_Get: no current thread" almost always means
>>>> that VTK was linked to the wrong version of Python.  I know you said that
>>>> you checked this, but I recommend that you load CMakeCache.txt into a text
>>>> editor and do a thorough search to make sure that "python2" does not appear
>>>> anywhere.  My own OS X system builds VTK against Python 3.5.
>>>>
>>>>  - David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Ranveer Aggarwal <
>>>> ranveeraggarwal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been struggling with this problem for quite some time now.
>>>>> Here's what I did.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Downloaded source tar.gz and untarred it.
>>>>> 2. Went to the downloaded folder and made a build folder and ran
>>>>> ccmake .. in it.
>>>>> 3. Set Python Wrapping to on and set Python version as 3.5. Went to
>>>>> advanced options and appropriately set all the Python 3.5 libraries.
>>>>> 4. Generated the cmake and ran it.
>>>>> 5. Ran make and then make install
>>>>> 6. Added
>>>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/vtk/"
>>>>> to PYTHONPATH.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, when I run python3 and do an `import vtk`, I get
>>>>>
>>>>> Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>>>>> Segmentation fault: 11
>>>>>
>>>>> and Python crashes. Any idea why this could be happening? Any help
>>>>> would be highly appreciated.
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Ranveer Aggarwal
>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
>>>>> http://ranveeraggarwal.com
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Ranveer Aggarwal
>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
>>> http://ranveeraggarwal.com
>>>
>>
>> --
>
> Sincerely,
> Ranveer Aggarwal
> Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
> http://ranveeraggarwal.com
>
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Sincerely,
Ranveer Aggarwal
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
http://ranveeraggarwal.com
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