#46297: New port paraview42 -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: bgschaid@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: submission | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: paraview42 | -------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by jjstickel@…): I agree that there is not a compelling reason to have multiple versions of paraview ports. I've attached a standalone Portfile for paraview (ver. 4.2; there are problems with 4.3 and 4.4: https://github.com/OpenFOAM /ThirdParty-dev/). This portfile installs Paraview as an application, i.e., all files go in /Applications/MacPorts/paraview.app. This follows the default method of installation on mac (http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#On_Mac:). Paraview is a beast of a program, and the installation is a bit strange. I had to resort to overriding destroot to make the install work right. Also, in order to use the python modules, the user will need to modify their PYTHONPATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables (see the notes in the Portfile). Further, paraview installs its own vtk. I found that this causes a segfault if I try to use Mayavi after including Paraview's vtk libraries in my DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. Building paraview with external vtk libraries has been considered by the developers but is not functioning yet (https://cmake.org/pipermail/paraview/2015-March/033662.html). -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46297#comment:7> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X