Follow instructions on the website http://pyve.sourceforge.net.

You should first install VTK.

You can contemplate to use the version from debian

 apt-get install mesa-common-dev 
 apt-get install libvtk5.8 libvtk5-dev libvtk-java python-vtk python-dev
 

Or compile it yourself. Pay attention to a few parameters as explained here.

Cmake flags

 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -I /opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/include/ -I /opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/include/linux/ -I /usr/include/python2.7
 

https://github.com/hashdist/hashstack/pull/571/commits/9892646fbbda77ce0863322335e4eda966373840

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/jre/lib/amd64/:/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/jre/lib/amd64/server

Activate a virtualenv and install VTK (the python bindings).

Virtualenv is a pretty cool software that enables the creation of a python environment in a machine such that you don't mess with the system python.

Check this info out. However, it says to launch

python <path_to_vtk_build>/Wrapping/Python/setup.py install

but you need to launch that from within the <path_to_vtk_build>/Wrapping/Python/ directory and then launch

python setup.py install

Install the PyVE Python code. It is not very friendly, but you do it like this:

cp -rv pyve-code/PyVE/ pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages

Copy the compiled PyVEViewer

 
cp java/vtkPyveViewer_5.10.1/bin/libvtkPyve.so pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyVE/vtk/
cp java/vtkPyveViewer_5.10.1/bin/libvtkPyvePython.so pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyVE/vtk/
cp java/vtkPyveViewer_5.10.1/bin/libvtkPyvePythonD.so pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyVE/vtk/

Add the right directories to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/jre/lib/amd64:/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_101/jre/lib/amd64/server:/home/edo/software/PyVE/pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/VTK-5.10.1-py2.7.egg/vtk:/home/edo/software/PyVE/pyve_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyVE/vtk:/home/edo/software/PyVE/VTK-5.10.1-bin_java/bin/

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Tutorials/PythonEnvironmentSetup

apt-get install python-pip
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv /home/edo/software/PyVE/pyve_env

source pyve_env/bin/activate

deactivate

deactivate
rm -r pyve_env

apt-get install libgdcm-tools