[Insight-developers] Superbuild for ITKWiki Examples

[Bill Lorensen]

I'll do the same for the VTK examples. Since some of them need a newer
version of VTK, I can set the tag to get the proper version.

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 3:36 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> David and hans,
>>
>> I have checked in a Superbuild directory for the ITK Wiki Examples. It
>> builds the proper ITK and VTK with recommended options.
>>
>> For a fresh clone do:
>>
>> git clone git://gitorious.org/itkwikiexamples/itkwikiexamples.git
>> ITKWikiExamples
>> mkdir ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
>> cd ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
>> cmake ../ITKWikiExamples/Superbuild
>>
>> For an update do:
>> cd ITKWikiExamples
>> git pull
>> cd ..
>> mkdir ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
>> cd ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
>> cmake ../ITKWikiExamples/Superbuild
>>
>> If this looks reasonable, I'll update the Wiki instructions.
>>
>> Bill
>
> Awesome - everything built for me on the first try.
>
> My only comments:
>
> - The clone command line broke (presumably when you copy/pasted, or
> the email width broke it). It should be a single line in the
> instructions:
>  git clone git://gitorious.org/itkwikiexamples/itkwikiexamples.git
> ITKWikiExamples
>
> - Since it is completely automated, maybe we should add a
> superbuild.sh with your exact commands:
>
> superbuild.sh (or install.sh?, etc)
> --------------------
> git clone git://gitorious.org/itkwikiexamples/itkwikiexamples.git
> ITKWikiExamples
> mkdir ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
> cd ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild
> cmake ../ITKWikiExamples/Superbuild
>
> so that it is a "one line" install. Similarly an 'update.sh' could be
> created with your update instructions. Of course people are free to
> manually run the mkdir/cd/cmake etc with a custom build directory, but
> it is always great when you can download something, look at the
> readme, and run ./install and it "just works".
>
> - It should be noted that the examples executables end up in
> ITKWikiExamples-Superbuild/ITKWikiExamples-build/bin
>
> Nice work!
>
> David



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