Hi John, Which version of Qt/ParaView are you using? It is very possible that it has been broken since 3.4. I think some changes were made to accommodate for Qt 4.4 assistant change but I am not sure if it was tested yet.
-berk On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:05 AM, John Biddiscombe <[email protected]> wrote: > After some experimentation, python now works (astonished surprise) - the > main trick appear to be to cpoy the python lib dir structure into the > correct relative place in the install tree. > > qt-assistant still does not work. The assisstant help issue appears to be > caused by paraview invoking the wrong command line, but I don't understand > why. > > Also...I forgot to ask first time around. > why are the iceT DLLs installed into lib when all other dlls are installed > into the bin directory. (Is this a simple mistake, or is ther a real > reason?) > > JB >> >> I tried to create an install package of (tweaked) paraview + plugins on >> windows. >> >> All runs fine except that >> 1) Python dlls (etc) are not included in the distribution >> 2) QtAssistant won't run - so help is unavailable. >> >> Are there special tricks required to make paraview include the necessary >> python dll's (and init scripts?) - I'm using python 2.6. I notice that the >> paraview 3.4 release on the kitware website uses python 2.5. Should I revert >> to 2.5 to solve the problem. Are things 'hard coded' for 2.5 that don't work >> for 2.6. >> If I use the zip installer, I can manually add python libs to the >> distribution, if I uses the NSIS installer I cannot. The ParaView3.4 release >> uses NSIS - so was some secret process involved in adding these files? >> >> For QtAssistant, I don't know why it won't run. any clues welcome (path?) >> >> NB. I have not set any >> PATH, >> PV_PLUGIN_PATH, >> PYTHON_XXX_??? >> >> Variables. should I setup a batch file which initializes these and then >> calls paraview (plugins load fine if they are in the plugins directory) >> >> Many thanks >> >> JB >> > > > -- > John Biddiscombe, email:biddisco @ cscs.ch > http://www.cscs.ch/ > CSCS, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre | Tel: +41 (91) 610.82.07 > Via Cantonale, 6928 Manno, Switzerland | Fax: +41 (91) 610.82.82 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > _______________________________________________ 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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
