pvpython is a paraview client, and it is not suposed to execute vtk code, wich is executed on the server. in pvpython you can do: from paraview import *
What are you trying to achieve ? Mathieu Westphal On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Ganesh Vijayakumar <ganesh.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble importing vtk inside pvpython while it imports just > fine inside python. I installed paraview-python with paraview-5.0.1 using > debian stretch. Any ideas on why this might be the case? > > ganesh@tesla:~$ pvpython > Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 1 2015, 10:54:53) > [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import vtk > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vtk/__init__.py", line 39, in > <module> > from vtkCommonCore import * > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vtk/vtkCommonCore.py", line 1, in > <module> > from vtkCommonCorePython import * > TypeError: value must be a class or type > >>> > >>> > Segmentation fault > ganesh@tesla:~$ python > Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 1 2015, 10:54:53) > [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import vtk > >>> > > ganesh > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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