Building Paraview from source with CMake and Python library linking issue

Question

Building Paraview from source in my VM (host windows7 guest Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS) using their latest Superbuild.

I do managed to compile the program without any issues, however, when importing paraview.simple in Anconda's Python 2.7.11 I encounter the error undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2* . When I used the compiled pvpython from the Paraview superbuild, which is using Python 2.7.11 as well, I have no issues and can import paraview.simple without problems. A look to sys.maxunicode>65535 outputs False only for the latter, meaning that my Anaconda python is using UCS4 whereas the compiled linked python libraries are using UC2.

Reading old threads and documentation, people have edited CMAKE options o point to the right libraries but such variables are not showing up in my CMakeCache.txt which I am including below for completeness:

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//Path to a program. BZRCOMMAND:FILEPATH=BZRCOMMAND-NOTFOUND

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//Flags used by the compiler during release builds. CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=-O3 -DNDEBUG

//Flags used by the compiler during release builds with debug info. CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=-O2 -g -DNDEBUG

//Flags used by the linker. CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during debug builds. CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during release minsize builds. CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during release builds. CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during Release with Debug Info builds. CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=

//Enable/Disable output of compile commands during generation. CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=OFF

//Fortran compiler CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER:FILEPATH=NOTFOUND

//Fortran flags CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS:STRING=

//Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories. CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/paraview

//Path to a program. CMAKE_LINKER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/ld

//Path to a program. CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/make

//Flags used by the linker during the creation of modules. CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during debug builds. CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during release minsize builds. CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during release builds. CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=

//Flags used by the linker during Release with Debug Info builds. CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=

//Path to a program. CMAKE_NM:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/nm

//Path to a program. CMAKE_OBJCOPY:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/objcopy

//Path to a program. CMAKE_OBJDUMP:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/objdump

//Value Computed by CMake CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME:STATIC=ParaViewSuperBuild

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//Path to a program. P4COMMAND:FILEPATH=P4COMMAND-NOTFOUND

//String to use as a suffix for generated packages PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING=<default>

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//Freeze Python packages/modules into the application. PARAVIEW_FREEZE_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF

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//Rendering backend to use for ParaView PARAVIEW_RENDERING_BACKEND:STRING=OpenGL

//Specify the version number for the package being generated e.g. //
5.0.1 PARAVIEW_VERSION:STRING=5.0.1

//Pass LD_LIBRARY_PATH to build scripts. PASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH_FOR_BUILDS:BOOL=ON

//Provide the list of Projects that ParaView should additionally // depends on PV_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS:STRING=

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//Path to a program. PYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/python2

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//Path to a program. SVNCOMMAND:FILEPATH=SVNCOMMAND-NOTFOUND

//When enabled, tests a live instance of ParaViewWeb. TEST_REMOTE_PARAVIEW_WEB:BOOL=OFF

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//Request to build project zlib ENABLE_zlib:INTERNAL=OFF //Details about finding PythonInterp FIND_PACKAGE_MESSAGE_DETAILS_PythonInterp:INTERNAL=[/usr/bin/python2][v2.7.6(2.6)] //Details about finding PythonLibs FIND_PACKAGE_MESSAGE_DETAILS_PythonLibs:INTERNAL=[/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so][/usr/include/python2.7][v2.7.6(2.6)] //ADVANCED property for variable: GITCOMMAND GITCOMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: GIT_EXECUTABLE GIT_EXECUTABLE-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //Result of TRY_COMPILE HAVE_VOID_PTR_SIZE:INTERNAL=TRUE //ADVANCED property for variable: HGCOMMAND HGCOMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: MAKECOMMAND MAKECOMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: OSPRAY_BUILD_ISA OSPRAY_BUILD_ISA-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //STRINGS property for variable: OSPRAY_BUILD_ISA OSPRAY_BUILD_ISA-STRINGS:INTERNAL=SSE;AVX;AVX2;ALL //ADVANCED property for variable: P4COMMAND P4COMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PACKAGE_SUFFIX PACKAGE_SUFFIX-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PARAVIEW_BUILD_TYPE PARAVIEW_BUILD_TYPE-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PARAVIEW_FREEZE_PYTHON PARAVIEW_FREEZE_PYTHON-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PARAVIEW_GIT_REPOSITORY PARAVIEW_GIT_REPOSITORY-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PARAVIEW_GIT_TAG PARAVIEW_GIT_TAG-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //STRINGS property for variable: PARAVIEW_RENDERING_BACKEND PARAVIEW_RENDERING_BACKEND-STRINGS:INTERNAL=OpenGL;OpenGL2 //ADVANCED property for variable: PARAVIEW_VERSION PARAVIEW_VERSION-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: PASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH_FOR_BUILDS 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for variable: SITE SITE-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SLURM_SBATCH_COMMAND SLURM_SBATCH_COMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SLURM_SRUN_COMMAND SLURM_SRUN_COMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SUPPRESS_bzip2_OUTPUT SUPPRESS_bzip2_OUTPUT-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SUPPRESS_paraview_OUTPUT SUPPRESS_paraview_OUTPUT-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SUPPRESS_png_OUTPUT SUPPRESS_png_OUTPUT-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SUPPRESS_python_OUTPUT SUPPRESS_python_OUTPUT-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SUPPRESS_zlib_OUTPUT SUPPRESS_zlib_OUTPUT-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: SVNCOMMAND SVNCOMMAND-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: TEST_REMOTE_PARAVIEW_WEB TEST_REMOTE_PARAVIEW_WEB-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: TRUST_SVN_CERTIFICATES_AUTOMATICALLY TRUST_SVN_CERTIFICATES_AUTOMATICALLY-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //ADVANCED property for variable: USE_NONFREE_COMPONENTS USE_NONFREE_COMPONENTS-ADVANCED:INTERNAL=1 //Use system adios USE_SYSTEM_adios:INTERNAL=OFF //Use system boost

Answer 1

Background of the issue:

The issue in the first place came after trying to use Paraview's pre-compiled binaries for Linux and importing paraview.simple into Anaconda's Python for Liunux. The provided binaries seem to be compiled with UCS2 support for Python, however, (as noted by @Dologan) Anaconda's Python for Linux was built with UCS4 support. Therefore, when importing paraview.simple , the error undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2* potentially comes up.

Solution :

Building Paraview with UCS4 support for Python seemed the most reasonable way to solve this issue. However, to guarantee that built Python libraries support UCS4 you'll need to use system's Python when following the superbuild instructions and make sure that indeed your system's Python does support UCS4. You can confirm this as follows in your console

$ python
>>> import sys
>>> sys.maxunicode>65535
TRUE

If you see FALSE then you'll need to update your system's Python or build one that supports UCS4 and matches the Python version you need to use in your Anaconda environment. In ubuntu you can get Python2.7 with UCS4 support with apt-get install python-dev . After you confirm that sys.maxunicode>65535 you can follow the Superbuild instructions which are quiet straightforward. I reccommend to remove temporally any definition of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in unix systems when configuring your build such that cmake picks up the right directories. Also, use ccmake gui and hit c every time you toggle or modify a new feature. For instance I started with ENABLE_python then c . Then USE_SYSTEM_python:BOOL=ON and c after again to make sure the Python related paths were set to the one I wanted to compile for. For ubuntu, those paths were

PYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/python2
PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/usr/include/python2.7
PYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so

Finally I was able to import the built paraview.simple module in Anaconda without further issues.