title: Paraview: paraview.simple import, all paths are set
body: <p>I am trying to run a simple python program, importing the <code>paraview.simple</code> module:</p>
  
  <p><code>from paraview.simple import *</code></p>
  
  <p>I get the following error:</p>
  
  <p><code>Error: Could not import vtkCommonComputationalGeometry</code></p>
  
  <p>I looked at similar posts on different fora and tried everything that was suggested there, but nothing worked for me. My Python path includes:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ParaView-5.7.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/bin/
  ParaView-5.7.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/lib
  ParaView-5.7.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My <code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</code> includes:</p>
  
  <p><code>ParaView-5.7.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vtkmodules/</code></p>
  
  <p>Does anybody know how to fix it?</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Update:
  I think there is an underline issue regarding the Unicode variant my python interpreter is using. I now get the following error:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RLoH5.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Unicode error</a></p>
  
  <p>ImportError: /home/nick/ParaView-5.7.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vtkmodules/vtkCommonCorePython.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_DecodeUTF8</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody know a fix?</p>