VTK/Building/VisualStudio: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:02, 2 June 2012

With Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7:

Launch the CMake GUI
Next to "Where is the source code:", click "Browse Source..." and navigate to where you cloned the repository with Git.
Next to "Where to build the binaries:", select "Browse Build..." and select a place to build the VTK library. I like to use c:\build\VTK. This directory should NOT be inside the directory where you cloned the repository.
Click "Configure", and then specify "Visual Studio 10" as the generator for this project.
Choose your build options. I like to UNCHECK BUILD_EXAMPLES and BUILD_TESTING as they speed up the build process significantly.
If you choose the Qt module, you will also need Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010) (http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010). NOTE: the "QT SDK" does NOT contain qmake.exe and hence is not sufficient to build against.
Click "Generate".
Open Visual Studio 2010
Open Project
Navigate to the Build directory you specified through CMake
Open the ALL_BUILD project
From the Build menu, choose "Build Solution" (or "Build ALL_BUILD")

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 * Choose your build options. I like to UNCHECK BUILD_EXAMPLES and BUILD_TESTING as they speed up the build process significantly.
 * If you choose the Qt module, you will also need Qt for Open Source C++ development on Windows (VS2010) (http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2010). NOTE: the "QT SDK" does NOT contain qmake.exe and hence is not sufficient to build against.
+* Click "Generate".
+* Open Visual Studio 2010
+* Open Project
+* Navigate to the Build directory you specified through CMake
+* Open the ALL_BUILD project
+* From the Build menu, choose "Build Solution" (or "Build ALL_BUILD")