Here&#39;s the more information from &#39;python -v&#39;<div><br></div><div><div>&gt;&gt;&gt; import vtk</div><div>import vtk # directory /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk</div><div># /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__init__.pyc matches /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__init__.py</div>
<div>import vtk # precompiled from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__init__.pyc</div><div>dlopen(&quot;/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/dlmodule.so&quot;, 2);</div><div>import dl # dynamically loaded from /usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/dlmodule.so</div>
<div># /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__helper.pyc matches /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__helper.py</div><div>import vtk.__helper # precompiled from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__helper.pyc</div>
<div># /usr/lib/python2.6/string.pyc matches /usr/lib/python2.6/string.py</div><div>import string # precompiled from /usr/lib/python2.6/string.pyc</div><div>dlopen(&quot;/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/stropmodule.so&quot;, 2);</div>
<div>import strop # dynamically loaded from /usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/stropmodule.so</div><div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkCommonPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkCommonPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkCommonPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkFilteringPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkFilteringPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkFilteringPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkIOPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkIOPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkIOPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkImagingPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkImagingPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkImagingPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGraphicsPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkGraphicsPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGraphicsPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGenericFilteringPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkGenericFilteringPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGenericFilteringPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkRenderingPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkRenderingPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkRenderingPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkVolumeRenderingPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkVolumeRenderingPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkVolumeRenderingPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkHybridPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkHybridPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkHybridPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkWidgetsPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkWidgetsPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkWidgetsPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkChartsPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkChartsPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkChartsPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGeovisPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkGeovisPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkGeovisPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkInfovisPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkInfovisPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkInfovisPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkViewsPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkViewsPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkViewsPython.so</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkParallelPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>import vtk.vtkParallelPython # dynamically loaded from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkParallelPython.so</div>
<div># /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/qvtk.pyc matches /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/qvtk.py</div><div>import vtk.qvtk # precompiled from /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/qvtk.pyc</div>
<div>dlopen(&quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/vtkQtPython.so&quot;, 102);</div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):</div><div>  File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;</div>
<div>  File &quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__init__.py&quot;, line 124, in &lt;module&gt;</div><div>    __helper.refine_import_err(&#39;qvtk&#39;, &#39;vtkQtPython&#39;, exc)</div><div>
  File &quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__helper.py&quot;, line 32, in refine_import_err</div><div>    raise LinkError, str(exc)</div><div>vtk.__helper.LinkError: /tmp/yifli/lib/vtk-5.8/libQVTK.so.5.8: undefined symbol: _ZN19QAbstractProxyModel11setItemDataERK11QModelIndexRK4QMapIi8QVariantE</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Yifei Li <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:yifli82@gmail.com">yifli82@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<div><br></div><div>First of all, I did successfully compile and install VTK, as it can be seen from the following message</div><div><br></div><div>Installed /tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg</div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>However , when I try to import vtk, I got the following error:</div><div><br></div><div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):</div><div>  File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;</div>

<div>  File &quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__init__.py&quot;, line 124, in &lt;module&gt;</div><div>    __helper.refine_import_err(&#39;qvtk&#39;, &#39;vtkQtPython&#39;, exc)</div><div>

  File &quot;/tmp/yifli/lib/python2.6/site-packages/VTK-5.8.0-py2.6.egg/vtk/__helper.py&quot;, line 32, in refine_import_err</div><div>    raise LinkError, str(exc)</div><div>vtk.__helper.LinkError: /tmp/yifli/lib/vtk-5.8/libQVTK.so.5.8: undefined symbol: _ZN19QAbstractProxyModel11setItemDataERK11QModelIndexRK4QMapIi8QVariantE</div>

</div><div><br></div><div>And all the tests failed when I run &#39;ctest -R Python&#39; in the building directory.</div><div><br></div><div>Any help is highly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Yifei</div>
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