VTK Autoconf

Hopefully you can find the most updated AM_PATH_VTK macro which I wrote in the VtkPlot CVS repository; in case the link breaks, here it is the current version which I use:

dnl ======================================================================================
dnl Author: Francesco Montorsi
dnl RCS-ID: $Id: vtk.m4,v 1.1 2005/11/20 14:47:40 frm Exp $
dnl
dnl Implements the AM_OPTIONS_VTK, to add the --with-vtk=path option, and the
dnl AM_PATH_VTK macro used to detect VTK presence, location and version.
dnl ======================================================================================




dnl
dnl  AM_OPTIONS_VTK
dnl  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
dnl  Adds the --with-vtk=path option to the configure options
dnl
AC_DEFUN([AM_OPTIONS_VTK],
    [
        AC_ARG_WITH([vtk], [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-vtk],  [The prefix where VTK is installed (default is /usr/local)])],
                [with_vtk=$withval], [with_vtk="/usr/local"])
    ])


dnl
dnl  AM_PATH_VTK([minimum-version], [action-if-found], [action-if-not-found])
dnl  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
dnl
dnl  NOTE: [minimum-version] must be in the form [X.Y.Z]
dnl
AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_VTK],
    [
        dnl do we want to check for VTK ?
        if [[ $with_vtk = "yes" ]]; then

            dnl in case user wrote --with-vtk=yes
            with_vtk="/usr/local"
        fi

        if [[ $with_vtk != "no" ]]; then

            VTK_PREFIX="$with_vtk"

            AC_CHECK_FILE([$VTK_PREFIX/include/vtk/vtkCommonInstantiator.h], [vtkFound="OK"])
            AC_MSG_CHECKING([if VTK is installed in $VTK_PREFIX])

            if [[ -z "$vtkFound" ]]; then

                dnl not found !
                AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                $3

            else

                dnl found !
                AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])

                dnl these are the VTK libraries of a default build
                VTK_LIBS="-lvtkCommon -lvtkDICOMParser -lvtkexpat -lvtkFiltering -lvtkfreetype -lvtkftgl -lvtkGraphics -lvtkHybrid -lvtkImaging -lvtkIO -lvtkjpeg -lvtkpng -lvtkRendering -lvtktiff -lvtkzlib"

                dnl set VTK c,cpp,ld flags
                VTK_CFLAGS="-I$VTK_PREFIX/include/vtk"
                VTK_CXXFLAGS="$VTK_CFLAGS"
                VTK_LDFLAGS="-L$VTK_PREFIX/lib/vtk $VTK_LIBS"

                dnl now, eventually check version
                if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then

                    dnl the version of VTK we need:
                    maj=`echo $1 | sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
                    min=`echo $1 | sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
                    rel=`echo $1 | sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
                    AC_MSG_CHECKING([if VTK version is at least $maj.$min.$rel])

                    dnl in order to be able to compile the following test program, we need to add
                    dnl to the current flags, the VTK settings...
                    OLD_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
                    OLD_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
                    OLD_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
                    CFLAGS="$VTK_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
                    CXXFLAGS="$VTK_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
                    LDFLAGS="$VTK_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"

                    dnl check if the installed VTK is greater or not
                    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <vtk/vtkVersion.h>],
                                                [
                                                    printf("VTK version is: %d.%d.%d", VTK_MAJOR_VERSION, VTK_MINOR_VERSION, VTK_BUILD_VERSION);
                                                    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION < $maj
                                                        #error Installed VTK is too old !
                                                    #endif
                                                    #if VTK_MINOR_VERSION < $min
                                                        #error Installed VTK is too old !
                                                    #endif
                                                    #if VTK_BUILD_VERSION < $rel
                                                        #error Installed VTK is too old !
                                                    #endif
                                                ])
                                    ], [vtkVersion="OK"])

                    if [[ "$vtkVersion" = "OK" ]]; then
                        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
                        $2
                    else
                        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])

                        dnl restore all flags without VTK values
                        CFLAGS=$OLD_CFLAGS
                        CXXFLAGS=$OLD_CXXFLAGS
                        LDFLAGS=$OLD_LDFLAGS
                        $3
                    fi

                else

                    dnl if we don't have to check for minimum version (because the user did not set that option),
                    dnl then we can execute here the block action-if-found
                    CFLAGS="$VTK_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
                    CXXFLAGS="$VTK_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
                    LDFLAGS="$VTK_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
                    $2
                fi
            fi
        fi
    ])