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I successfully built and installed VTK-5.4 with Python bindings from source. Yet, when I try to import VTK in python it gives the following Traceback error

File "", line 1, in

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VTK-5.4.2-py2.6.egg/vtk/init.py", line 41, in from common import *

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VTK-5.4.2-py2.6.egg/vtk/common.py", line 7, in from libvtkCommonPython import *

ImportError: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I am wondering what I am missing? I have tried adding /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.4 to both PATH and PYTHONPATH environment variables and still get the same result. Any hints or suggestions?

NOTE: libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.4 exists in /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.4 as a symlink to libvtkCommonPythonD.so.5.4.2

+2  A: 

Test if adding /usr/local/lib to your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH helps:

In a shell:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib

If it works, make it permanent by (adding /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf) _ (running 'ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib')

ChristopheD
well, adding /usr/local/lib didn't work BUT adding /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.4 did. thanks!
Azim
i might have missed the trailing slash over there,adding the directory should be enough (and will help your system find other libraries which after compilation get copied to /usr/local/lib/). Glad it worked!
ChristopheD
@ChristopheD: Good point. Thanks for the tip :)
Azim