VTK/Obtaining

Prerequisites

You must first install the following:

• Git
• CMake
• Boost (optional, for many of the Infovis functionalities)
  • In linux:

sudo yum install boost*

• • In windows, Download Boost

(You must set the CMake Boost_INCLUDE_DIR to C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_44/ (where C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_44/boost constains files like wave.h, etc).

Linux & Mac

• Clone the VTK repository:

git clone http://vtk.org/VTK.git VTK

• Create a build directory, say ~/VTK/build. Go into that directory and configure VTK with:

 ccmake ../VTK

• Press c (to configure, depending on your options you may have to do this twice)
• Press g (to generate & quit)

• Build VTK:

 make

Windows

• Open 'Git bash' (should be a shortcut on your desktop or start menu after installing git.

• Clone the VTK repository:

git clone http://vtk.org/VTK.git VTK

• Open the CMake GUI and set the paths to "Where is your source code?" and "Where to build the binaries?"
• Click Configure
• Select your IDE under "Specify the generator for this project" and click Finish.
• Open the project in your IDE.
• Build the project.