Based on [directions found here](https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/IntelMacPython25), I created a working build of VTK with Python bindings.
First, download the source from CVS, [here](http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php). You will need to make sure you have a recent version of [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) installed as well. Then, go into the VTK directory and type:
mkdir build; cd build
ccmake ..
Press c to do the initial configuration. Set:
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
VTK_WRAP_PYTHON=ON
Press c again. Press t to look at the advanced options. This is where my directions diverge slightly from the enthought directions. I used the system python, which ccmake seems to recognize right away, so I only changed:
PYTHON_LIBRARY=-framework Python
Press c, then press g to generate the files. Then
make
make install
The make can take *forever*, so be patient.
One final thing to get vtk working with python is to go into the Build/Wrapping/Python directory and do a python build and install:
cd Wrapping/Python
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
Done. Now you should be able to import vtk in python.
