[Paraview] PYTHONPATH for prebuilt MAC OSX Paraview

[Colin McAuliffe]

I tried building from source but I am getting errors importing  
paraview.simple:

>>> from paraview.simple import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File  
"/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/simple.py", line 39, in  
<module>
     import servermanager
   File  
"/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/servermanager.py", line 43, in  
<module>
     import paraview, re, os, os.path, new, sys, vtk
   File  
"/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/vtk/__init__.py", line 1, in  
<module>
     from vtkCommonPython import *
ImportError:  
dlopen(/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/bin/vtkCommonPython.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did  
find:
	/Users/Christina/Desktop/Colin/Work/Paraview/ParaView-bin/bin/vtkCommonPython.so: mach-o, but wrong  
architecture


So I guess I configured wrong? I set the following variables in cmake:

PARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON ON
CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.6
CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -arch x86_64
CMAKE_C_FLAGS -arch x86_64
CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES x86_64

Am I missing something?

Thanks
Colin

Quoting David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>:

> 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
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
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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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>>>> Columbia University
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Colin McAuliffe
PhD Candidate
Columbia University
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics