On Nov 7, 2007 1:00 AM, Joshua Kantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is that on Linux, if you don't have the opengl libraries > (typically libgl1-mesa-dev) then vtk won't build but the package exits > successfully. I guess I need to add my own tests for open gl libraries > on linux like I do for tcl/tk. >
Yes. I can confirm that after installing those package I have an install of vtk and mayavi, since: sage: import mayavi sage: # no error! Now what do I do? :-) > > Josh > > > > On Nov 5, 10:09 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Josh, > > > > I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 32-bit on my laptop (under parallels), then > > installed the latest sage from source. Next I installed your vtk > > metapackage > > from > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/jkantor/spkgs/ > > > > It of course didn't initially work, but after I install the tk devel > > package your > > metapackage built and "successfully installed". However, upon trying > > to use it: > > > > sage: import vtk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > <type 'exceptions.ImportError'> Traceback (most recent call last) > > > > /home/was/Desktop/<ipython console> in <module>() > > > > <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named vtk > > sage: import mayavi > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > <type 'exceptions.ImportError'> Traceback (most recent call last) > > > > /home/was/Desktop/<ipython console> in <module>() > > > > /home/was/s/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mayavi/__init__.py in > > <module>() > > 3 # Hacks to make local name lookups work. Order is important and > > 4 # Common must be imported first. > > ----> 5 import Common, Base.Objects > > 6 > > 7 import Main > > > > /home/was/s/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mayavi/Base/__init__.py > > in <module>() > > 17 > > 18 # needed by the LutHandler > > ---> 19 import Objects > > 20 > > 21 # now import Misc.LutHandler since we need it here. > > > > /home/was/s/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mayavi/Base/Objects.py > > in <module>() > > 19 > > 20 import Tkinter, tkColorChooser > > ---> 21 import vtk > > 22 import math > > 23 import Common, vtkPipeline.vtkPipeline > > > > <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named vtk > > sage: > > > > -- > > William Stein > > Associate Professor of Mathematics > > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
