ImportError: No module named vtkCommonPython

Question

I am trying to install Python with VTK on my computer, but when I want to import VTK, I get an error:

import vtk 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
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Answer 1

I was having this same problem on MacOSX. So I started using vtk/bin/vtkpython instead of python. This allowed me to import vtk without any errors. I then imported vtkCommonCorePython explicitly and printed the location:

$ /home/vtk/bin/vtkpython
vtk version 6.2.0
Python 2.7.5 (default, Mar  9 2014, 22:15:05) 
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import vtkCommonCorePython 
>>> print vtkCommonCorePython

In the terminal, I then added the lib folder to my python virtual environment path:

$ add2virtualenv /home/vtk/lib

I don't know how this would translate to Windows, but I hope this helps!