[Paraview] PYTHONPATH for prebuilt MAC OSX Paraview

[David E DeMarle]

It shouldn't be a problem with a build from source version of
ParaView. In that case when you turn on the python option cmake finds
your system python libs and build/links with them. If they happen to
find the wrong set for some reason you can always change them and
rebuild.

David E DeMarle
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Colin McAuliffe <cjm2176 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, pvpython works. Are compatibility issues with paraview python
> modules and mac system python also present for versions of paraview compiled
> from the source code?
>
> Thanks
> Colin
>
> Quoting pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com>:
>
>> The 'paraview' directory is the module.  Python treats directories that
>> contain a __init__.py file as modules.  So you want your python path to
>> contain "/Applications/ParaView 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python", and drop the
>> /paraview ending.
>>
>> But, I recommend you use pvpython instead of python.  The paraview python
>> modules may not be compatible with your system python.  Using pvpython
>> also
>> ensures that all paths are set correctly, so you don't need to set
>> PYTHONPATH.  You can find pvpython at:
>>
>>  /Applications/ParaView\ 3.10.1.app/Contents/bin/pvpython
>>
>> If you want to try system python, you need to:
>>
>> export PYTHONPATH=/Applications/ParaView\
>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python:/Applications/ParaView\
>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Libraries
>> export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/ParaView\
>> 3.10.1.app/Contents/Libraries
>>
>> I'm not sure it will work for you though.  On my system, python aborts
>> when
>> the modules are loaded.
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Colin McAuliffe
>>  <cjm2176 at columbia.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> As I understand it, to take advantage of python scripting the PYTHONPATH
>>> variable must be set manually. I have added:
>>>
>>> PYTHONPATH="/Applications/**ParaView 3.10.1.app/Contents/Python/**
>>> paraview:${PYTHONPATH}"
>>> export PYTHONPATH
>>>
>>> Which is the location of .py modules. I am not able to locate the module
>>> paraview however. Where would this module be located?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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