Mayavi: problem installing Mayavi with pip - no module named vtk

Hi Yasser,

It seems that the Python that pip is using cannot import vtk. You checked
that you can successfully import vtk, but maybe you have different Python
executables install and pip is using a different one than the one with
which you can import vtk. Looking at your traceback, the Python that pip
uses is /usr/bin/python.

HTH,

Gaël

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:40:26AM -0700, Yasser Souri wrote:

I want to use Mayavi.

Situation

• I use a MacBook Air, with OSX 10.7.3.
• I use pyhton 2.7.2
• I have virtualenv installed. But I have not used it for this installation.

I've manually installed all it's dependencies, including VTK.

For VTK, I followed its installation guide and installed the python wrapper.

Now if I open a new terminal window and open python, I can import vtk without
any error.

Problem

I try to install Mayavi with the following command:

pip install mayavi

But the following error occurs:

Downloading/unpacking mayavi
Running setup.py egg_info for package mayavi
build_src
building extension "tvtk.array_ext" sources
building data_files sources
build_src: building npy-pkg config files

no previously-included directories found matching 'artwork'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/pdf'

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): apptools in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from mayavi)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): traits in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from mayavi)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): traitsui in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from mayavi)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): configobj in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from apptools->mayavi)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyface in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from traitsui->mayavi)
Installing collected packages: mayavi
Running setup.py install for mayavi
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 498, in
config
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup
return old_setup(new_attr)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/command/install.py", line 57, in run
r = self.setuptools_run()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/command/install.py", line 31, in setuptools_run
return old_install_mod._install.run(self)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/install.py", line 573, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 303, in run
build_tvtk_classes_zip()
File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 290, in build_tvtk_classes_zip
gen_tvtk_classes_zip()
File "tvtk/setup.py", line 46, in gen_tvtk_classes_zip
from code_gen import TVTKGenerator
File "tvtk/code_gen.py", line 10, in
import vtk
ImportError: No module named vtk
Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools;__file__='/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py';exec(compile(open(file).read().replace('rn', 'n'), file, 'exec'))" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /var/folders/53/_trhc_0x0fb6kvx6bw_wrk500000gn/T/pip-Z4hpsW-record/install-record.txt:
running install

running build

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "", line 1, in

File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 498, in

**config

File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup

return old_setup(**new_attr)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup

dist.run_commands()

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands

self.run_command(cmd)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command

cmd_obj.run()

File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/command/install.py", line 57, in run

r = self.setuptools_run()

File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.6.1-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg/numpy/distutils/command/install.py", line 31, in setuptools_run

return old_install_mod._install.run(self)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/install.py", line 573, in run

self.run_command('build')

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command

self.distribution.run_command(command)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command

cmd_obj.run()

File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 303, in run

build_tvtk_classes_zip()

File "/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py", line 290, in build_tvtk_classes_zip

gen_tvtk_classes_zip()

File "tvtk/setup.py", line 46, in gen_tvtk_classes_zip

from code_gen import TVTKGenerator

File "tvtk/code_gen.py", line 10, in

import vtk

ImportError: No module named vtk

---

Command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools;file='/Users/Yasser/build/mayavi/setup.py';exec(compile(open(file).read().replace('rn', 'n'), file, 'exec'))" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /var/folders/53/_trhc_0x0fb6kvx6bw_wrk500000gn/T/pip-Z4hpsW-record/install-record.txt failed with error code 1 in /Users/Yasser/build/mayavi
Storing complete log in /Users/Yasser/Library/Logs/pip.log
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 8, in
load_entry_point('pip==1.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip')()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/__init__.py", line 116, in main
return command.main(args[1:], options)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 141, in main
log_fp = open_logfile(log_fn, 'w')
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 168, in open_logfile
log_fp = open(filename, mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/Yasser/Library/Logs/pip.log'

I think the problem is with vtk.

Can anyone help me?

Other Details

Running sudo pip install mayavi does not solve the problem.

I thought this might help

› which python
/usr/local/bin/python

› python
Python 2.7.2 (default, Feb 17 2012, 13:57:55)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import vtk
vtk

My PYTHONPATH is empty.

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Thank you.

It's solved now.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12182052/installing-mayavi-with-pip-no-module-named-vtk/12206868#12206868

Good. Stack overflow is probably the best place to ask these questions: people are more responsive than me.

I have the same problem on Windows. pip is correct. Can anyone help?
By the way - there is no module with name 'vtk', only 'pyvtk'.

install vtk on mac:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32853082/how-to-install-vtk-on-a-mac