[seanread]

just downloaded the precompiled package for 64 bit linux of paraview 5.0.1 here, but seem to be having a couple of issues. Firstly pvpython can't import numpy, and so is not working properly, the error message that it's giving is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 180, in <module>
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .type_check import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 11, in <module>
    import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from . import multiarray
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_AsUnicodeEscapeString
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 61, in <module>
    from numpy import show_config as show_numpy_config
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 180, in <module>
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .type_check import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 11, in <module>
    import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from . import multiarray
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_AsUnicodeEscapeString

Note that numpy is working fine when I call python from the terminal.

Also, a second, possibly related issue, I added the site-packages and lib directories to my python path

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/sean/bin/ParaView3/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping:/home/sean/bin/ParaView3/bin:/home/sean/bin/ParaView-5.0.1-Qt4-OpenGL2-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/paraview-5.0/home/sean/bin/ParaView-5.0.1-Qt4-OpenGL2-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/paraview-5.0/site-packages

but for some reason python from the shell still can't find the paraview simple module.

I am using linux mint cinnamon, 17.3

***UPDATE****

pvpython has started working fine now, not sure why, but I still can't import paraview simple in the regular python shell