Adding an output option to pvpython to show necessary environment variables for importing ParaView into python

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Hi,

I’m working on some testing functionality for code that does some ParaView processing through Python. This is for a ParaView install from the download page and not a ParaView that I built myself. I’m not sure this matters though.

What I’m wondering is how feasible it would be to add a command line option to pvpython that would print out the necessary environment variables (e.g. PYTHONPATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and any others that are needed) that I’d need to set while running python so that I could import paraview into that python session. It may also be useful to include which Python version should be used as well.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Andy

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Andy,

That should be possible I would think.

As a workaround until that feature is added, you can get PYTHONPATH with

import sys
':'.join(sys.path)