Installing ParaView package

Note

Using ParaView as a reader is a work in progress!

To install ParaView package:

• The most generic way is to use conda:

  conda install -c conda-forge paraview
  

• In ArchLinux, the ParaView package is built with system python, one can use:

  sudo pacman -S paraview
  

• In Ubuntu-based OS (release focal 20.04 and above):

  sudo apt install paraview python3-paraview
  

• In many ParaView distributions, the package is not packaged along with the system python3. Check by executing python3 -c 'import paraview'

  Instead it comes with a separate pvpython executable. Installing snek5000 into pvpython or to use snek5000 in the “Python Shell” in ParaView GUI is a bit complicated. One possible hack is to create a virtual environment using the same Python version as in pvpython and append the virtual environment’s site-packages path to sys.path or environment variable $PYTHONPATH.