Additional Python Wheels

Python wheels for VTK are available in pypi

pip install vtk

More wheels can be accessed from the GitLab Package Registry.

To install the latest release wheel from the GitLab registry:

pip install --extra-index-url https://wheels.vtk.org vtk

To install the latest wheel from master:

pip install --extra-index-url https://wheels.vtk.org vtk --pre --no-cache

The wheels available at PyPi are built using the default rendering backend which leverages any available hardware graphics for generating the scene. There is also a OSMesa wheel variant that leverages offscreen rendering with OSMesa. This wheel is being built for both Linux and Windows at this time and bundles all of the necessary libraries into the wheel. These wheels are intended to be used by downstream projects in headless, CI-like environments or cloud application deployments, preventing the need to install any addition system packages.

Changed in version 9.4: As of VTK 9.4, OSMesa and EGL support are included by default in the vtk wheels and can be selected at runtime. The vtk-osmesa wheels are no longer provided, and it is no longer necessary to install vtk-osmesa.

Note

conda-forge packages are also available and maintained by the community.

VTK wheel SDKs

VTK wheel SDKs can be accessed from the GitLab Package Registry. For more information about the VTK wheel SDKs, please refer to Wheel SDKs section.