pip_install_vtk.md

Installation of VTK in Blender 2.8x Python via Pip

Replace x in the version number with the correct number you are using

On Windows

Run CMD.EXE as administrator and run commands

cd C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.8x\python\bin
python.exe -m ensurepip
python.exe -m pip install vtk==8.1.2

or if you need to install newest version of vtk, replace last command with

python.exe -m pip install vtk

On Linux

Run on normal terminal commands

cd /path/to/blender-2.8x/2.8x/python/bin
./python3.7m -m ensurepip
./python3.7m -m pip install vtk==8.1.2

or if you need to install newest version of vtk, replace last command with

./python3.7m -m pip install vtk

Testing

You can test if VTK is found in Blender Python Console (by default located in the Scripting workspace ) with commands

import vtk
vtk.vtkVersion().GetVTKVersion()

which should return VTK version number that was installed.