using vtk 8.2.0 with python wrappings with anaconda

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Abhishek,
You may need to build VTK master to fix this problem and you’ll have to patch VTK master like this:


diff --git a/Utilities/Python/CMakeLists.txt b/Utilities/Python/CMakeLists.txt
index 632069bc0d..44e4371b1a 100644
--- a/Utilities/Python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Utilities/Python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ cmake_dependent_option(VTK_PYTHON_OPTIONAL_LINK
   # `target_link_options`.
   # XXX(Linux): Currently, this causes missing symbols on Linux in ParaView.
   # More investigation is necessary.
-  "FALSE;BUILD_SHARED_LIBS;COMMAND target_link_options" OFF)
+  "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS;COMMAND target_link_options" OFF)
 
 add_library(PythonUsed INTERFACE)
 add_library(VTK::PythonUsed ALIAS PythonUsed)

See the following thread for context:

https://discourse.vtk.org/t/segfault-for-python-importing-vtk-but-not-for-vtkpython/126