[vtkusers] Compiling VTK Python from source

[Aron Helser]

Do you have a 'vtkpython.exe' in your build/bin directory? That means that
you have successfully compiled the wrappers. If you run 'vtkpython' and
then 'import vtk', it should work.
vtkpython is basically a thin wrapper that sets up paths so that 'iimport
vtk' works.

This wiki: https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting has some
info on how to set environment vars so you can run python and import vtk or
paraview without using vtkpython/pvpython.

HTH,
Aron

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:45 AM, ashwin .D <winash12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>            I have VTK 7.0.0 tar file and I am trying to compile from
> source the python wrapper for VTK. I have ccmake installed on my Ubuntu
> 16.04 box but no matter what I try(the installation itself proceeds with no
> errors) but I cannot find out where the python wrapper for SDK is present.
> When I type
>
> python3.5  import vtk
>
> I get ImportError : no module named 'vtk`
>
> Here is how I built VTK for python using ccmake
>
>
> ccmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/local/vtk7.0-py3.5.0
> -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON-DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
> -DVTK_PYTHON_VERSION:STRING=3.5 -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:PATH=/usr/bin/python3.5
> -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.5 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:PATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.5/
> ..VTK-7.0.0
>
> Then a ccmake window pops up and I type ctcl - c twice and ctrl-g once.
> But this does not do the job.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated. I intend to use VTK with Mayavi
> eventually.
>
> Best regards,
> Ashwin.
>
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