[vtkusers] Compiling VTK Python from source

[ashwin .D]

The log file I sent you just now is the result of running make -j8.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:58 PM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Did you run make?
> cmake just builds makefiles/visual studio solution files or whatever. You
> still have to compile those to make the library/binraries/bindings and
> whatnot.
>
> David E DeMarle
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> 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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