Pip install honeybee-vtk... install error

jakechevriersg · December 9, 2022, 10:25pm

Hi I’m trying to convert a honeybee model to vtk to visualize in an app…

I’m attempting to follow the example below… but when trying to install honeybee-vtk i get the following… Any insights would be appreciated! Thanks

github.com

pollination-apps/get-view-hbjson-tutorial/blob/main/app/app.py

import os, json
from pathlib import Path

from honeybee.model import Model as HBModel
from honeybee_vtk.model import Model as VTKModel

from pollination_streamlit_viewer import viewer


from pollination_streamlit_io import get_hbjson

import streamlit as st

st.set_page_config(
    layout="wide"
)

st.header("Get Model")

if 'temp' not in st.session_state:

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mostapha · December 9, 2022, 10:32pm

Hi, @jakechevriersg - can you try to change the version of vtk to 9.0.1? You might have a newer version.

Try pip install vtk==9.1.0 first, and they try to install honeybee-vtk afterward.

jakechevriersg · December 9, 2022, 10:45pm

hmm…

mostapha · December 9, 2022, 10:47pm

Oops! My bad! It should be 9.1.0. Try this!

pip install vtk==9.1.0

jakechevriersg · December 9, 2022, 10:50pm

same…

looks like latest version is 9.2.2… am i trying to downgrade vtk to be compatible with honeybee?

appreciate your help! i already feel out of my depth haha

mostapha · December 9, 2022, 10:57pm

The version 9.1.0 is available. What is the version of Python that you are using? You can use the python --version command to figure it out. I wonder if you are using a newer version of Python that is not compatible with version 9.1.0. In that case, I suggest downgrading to Python 3.7.9.

jakechevriersg · December 9, 2022, 11:26pm

got it, thats it… i have python 3.10.7 installed… hmm wondering how much chaos this will cause to downgrade

tfedyna · December 9, 2022, 11:29pm

oh dude use a virtual environment!

you can make a mini python from the big python of whatever version you need if you have odd version stuff.

Then you don’t have to stress about the chaos!

python -m venv .portableshenanigans

.portableshenanigans\Scripts\Activate

pip install -r some_of_the_quest_items_for_later_some_you_have_to_make.txt

10/10 voting 3.10.7 is the issue, you gotta do over or under that one 3.1 was bad soup for the bugs

LMK if you are still having issues I have some time

tfedyna · December 9, 2022, 11:31pm

I vote 3.7 being a solution too, 3.10 was an odd batch imo

jakechevriersg · December 9, 2022, 11:36pm

awesome, this will be my homework assignment this weekend: learn about virtual environments… this is what i get for learning (or not learning) from completely random resources

thank you both for the suggestions!

mostapha · December 9, 2022, 11:43pm

I wanted to suggest using devcontainer in vscode but I thought it might put you in a yak shaving situation. It is great for development after you set it up correctly the first time!

tfedyna · December 9, 2022, 11:47pm

@jakechevriersg you can probably skip what I said this seems like a better use of your time

mostapha · December 10, 2022, 12:36am

One last comment! You can have multiple versions of Python installed on your machine. You don’t need to uninstall the current version.

mostapha · January 10, 2023, 12:55am

Hi, @jakechevriersg - where did you get with this? Were you able to sort it out?