import paraview.simple

libprotobuf ERROR /build/buildd/paraview3.14.1/Utilities/protobuf/
src/google/protobuf/descriptor_database.cc:57] File already exists in
database: vtkPVMessage.proto
libprotobuf FATAL /build/buildd/paraview3.14.1/Utilities/protobuf/
src/google/protobuf/descriptor.cc:860] CHECK failed: generated_database_-
>Add(encoded_file_descriptor, size):
Aborted (core dumped)

import paraview
help(paraview)

NAME
    paraview

FILE
    /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paraview/__init__.py

MODULE DOCS
    http://docs.python.org/library/paraview

DESCRIPTION
    This module is not meant to be used directly. Please look at one of the modules
    it provides:
        servermanager
        pvfilters
        vtk
        numeric
        util
        simple
:

help(paraview.simple)
AttributeError: 'module' has no attribute 'simple'

try: paraview.simple
except: from paraview.simple import *