VTK/Prerequisites

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General

  • CMake version > 2.8.8
    • Using the latest stable is recommended
  • Qt is often used with VTK
    • The latest patch release 4.8.6 is supported
    • Qt5 is also supported
    • It is highly recommended to use one of the installers, rather than build Qt from source, whenever possible.

Windows

  • For CMake on Windows, cmake-gui is recommended
  • Allowing CMake to add itself to your PATH variable will make things easier, but is not required
  • Visual Studio 2008 or above

Linux and Unix

  • For CMake on Linux and Mac OS X, ccmake is recommended
  • gcc, g++ on Linux, clang on OS X