Dear Maintainer,

Whe trying to launch the FEM module it fails with the following message:

20:22:06  No module named 'vtkmodules'
20:22:06  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/freecad/Mod/Fem/InitGui.py", line 75, in Initialize
    import femcommands.commands
  File "/usr/share/freecad/Mod/Fem/femcommands/commands.py", line 1267, in <module>
    import femobjects.post_lineplot
  File "/usr/share/freecad/Mod/Fem/femobjects/post_lineplot.py", line 35, in <module>
    vtk_module_handling()
  File "/usr/share/freecad/Mod/Fem/femguiutils/vtk_module_handling.py", line 164, in vtk_module_handling
    if not vtk_module_compatible():
  File "/usr/share/freecad/Mod/Fem/femguiutils/vtk_module_handling.py", line 66, in vtk_module_compatible
    from vtkmodules.vtkCommonCore import vtkVersion, vtkBitArray

Hi,

thanks for the report.

For now install python3-vtk9 manually, I'll add a Recommends: on in the next upload.

Hi,

thanks for the report.

For now install python3-vtk9 manually, I'll add a Recommends: on in the next upload.

Hello,

Bug #1136048 in freecad reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/freecad/-/commit/1f567f2df033cb3c74cf3abb2bd369b6ce21a7a1

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1136048

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
freecad, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1136048@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> (supplier of updated freecad package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:18:44 +0200
Source: freecad
Architecture: source
Version: 1.1.1+dfsg-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: FreeCAD Packaging Team <team+freecad-packaging-team@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Closes: 1136048
Changes:
 freecad (1.1.1+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Recommend python3-vtk. (Closes: #1136048)
   * Recommend python3-netgen.
   * Replace B-D on libqt6svg6-dev with qt6-svg-dev, as package dropped
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