[vtkusers] Issuings running make in my VTK-build directory

[Andrew Lam]

So I just found out I can't run make install without the proper privileges,
so I was wondering where I should point my PYTHONPATH or if there was
another way to import VTK into a python script.

Thanks,
Andrew

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 7:11 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thanks for helping find this bug.
>
> Good luck with your class!
>
> Best,
> Andy
>
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> SUCCESS!!! The VTK fix worked! Thank you all very much for taking time
>> out of your days to help me I really appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> Thanks I will pull and try building with the fix. My last attempt did
>>> not work. I'll let you know my results.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:00 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've merged a fix for '//' into the VTK master branch, so the fix will
>>>> be in VTK 8.0.  There was a small but crucial mistake in the code for
>>>> vtkWrapPython.
>>>>
>>>>  - David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cory,
>>>>>
>>>>> Haha I'll show my professor your email and see if he'll buy it. I'm
>>>>> currently building VTK with all the // paths switched to /. I'll report
>>>>> back when it finishes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Cory Quammen <
>>>>> cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrew, you should get extra credit in your course for uncovering a
>>>>>> VTK bug!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > Thanks, Pierre.  I tried this on my own system, and there is indeed
>>>>>> a bug
>>>>>> > that causes the command to fail if the input or output filename
>>>>>> begins with
>>>>>> > "//".  I have a few guesses as to where this bug occurs, I'll see
>>>>>> if I can
>>>>>> > track it down.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >  - David
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Pierre Turlais <
>>>>>> pturlais at seismith.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I have been able to reproduce the problem ( vtkWrapPython error )
>>>>>> on a
>>>>>> >> CentOS 7 machine with the following :
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>  cmake3 //d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1 # Note the double // which kind of
>>>>>> match you
>>>>>> >> //home/alam38 .....
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> May you should try reconfigure with /home/alam38 ( or understand
>>>>>> how/why
>>>>>> >> you get //home/alam38 ).
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>  Running the vtkWrapPython command alone with or without the //
>>>>>> shows the
>>>>>> >> problem.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ pwd
>>>>>> >> /d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ ../../bin/vtkWrapPython-7.1
>>>>>> >> @/d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkCommonCorePython.Debug.args -o
>>>>>> >> /d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkAbstractArrayPython.cxx
>>>>>> >> /d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1/Common/Core/vtkAbstractArray.h
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ ../../bin/vtkWrapPython-7.1
>>>>>> >> @/d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkCommonCorePython.Debug.args -o
>>>>>> >> //d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkAbstractArrayPython.cxx
>>>>>> >> /d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1/Common/Core/vtkAbstractArray.h
>>>>>> >> Usage: vtkWrapPython-7.1 [options] infile...
>>>>>> >>   --help            print this help message
>>>>>> >>   --version         print the VTK version
>>>>>> >>   -o <file>         the output file
>>>>>> >>   -I <dir>          add an include directory
>>>>>> >>   -D <macro[=def]>  define a preprocessor macro
>>>>>> >>   -U <macro>        undefine a preprocessor macro
>>>>>> >>   @<file>           read arguments from a file
>>>>>> >>   --hints <file>    the hints file to use
>>>>>> >>   --types <file>    the type hierarchy file to use
>>>>>> >>   --concrete        force concrete class (ignored, deprecated)
>>>>>> >>   --abstract        force abstract class (ignored, deprecated)
>>>>>> >>   --vtkobject       vtkObjectBase-derived class (ignored,
>>>>>> deprecated)
>>>>>> >>   --special         non-vtkObjectBase class (ignored, deprecated)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Regards,
>>>>>> >> Pierre TURLAIS
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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