libvtk6-dev doesn't depend on libpython-dev

[Sérgio Agostinho]

Running up-to-date Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, on a fresh VM in which I manually installed

libeigen3-dev
libflann-dev
libvtk6-dev
libboost-system-dev
libboost-thread-dev
libboost-filesystem-dev
libboost-date-time-dev
libboost-iostreams-dev

While compilling point cloud library, I bumped into an issue which apparently is due to an unmet dependency of libvtk6-dev, which currently is not checking for libpython-dev. After a quick exchange with someone from the pcl community, they mentioned this commit

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/vtk6.git/commit/debian/control?id=9796292755d0fd94789ba1798762325ab9b839a0

which suggests there are more dependencies that might be missing.

I apologize in advance in case I overlook something.

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[Sérgio Agostinho (sergio-r-agostinho)]

Assigned package to bug.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This seems fixed in wily:

(wily-amd64)root@impulse:~# apt-cache show libvtk6-dev
Package: libvtk6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 50647
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: vtk6
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4
Replaces: libvtk5-dev
Depends: libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev, libavutil-dev, libc6-dev, libeigen3-dev, libexpat-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libgdal-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libgl2ps-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libjpeg-dev, libjsoncpp-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdf-cxx-legacy-dev, libogg-dev, libpng-dev, libpq-dev, libpython-dev, libswscale-dev, libtheora-dev, libtiff-dev, libvtk6.2 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4), libx11-dev, libxdmf-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, mpi-default-dev, python-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4), python-zope.interface, tcl-dev, tcl-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4), tk-dev, vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4), x11proto-core-dev, zlib1g-dev, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libx11-6

[Mathew Hodson (mhodson)]

This affects a non-core application and has an easy workaround (manually install libpython-dev) so setting importance to low.