[Insight-users] [Announce] Debian packages of ITK 1.6.0 now available

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Gavin,

That is Great !!!

Thanks a lot,


    Luis

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BTW,
We found in the news that the Australian
government is supporting open source software:

    http://news.osdir.com/article407.html


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Gavin Baker wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am pleased to announce that packages of the Insight Toolkit version 1.6.0,
> along with CableSwig 1.6.0, are now available for Debian GNU/Linux.
> 
> Release notes and instructions on obtaining the packages are available from:
> 
>     http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~gavinb/projects/itk.php
> 
> 
> Downloading
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The packages are available for installation via apt-get (or direct download)
> from the unofficial package repository:
> 
>     http://mentors.debian.net/
> 
> Please consult the documentation provided (on the site) for installation
> intructions.
> 
> 
> Supported Releases
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The current release is built with the sid/unstable release for the i386
> architecture.
> 
> Anyone interested in packages for other architectures (Debian supports over
> 11!) please contact me directly.
> 
> 
> Packages Available Now
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The core ITK libraries (for runtime and development), as well as the
> examples source are all available.  I have also packaged CableSwig, which
> will enable Tcl/Python wrapping.
> 
>     - libinsighttoolkit2          -- runtime libraries
>     - libinsighttoolkit2-dev      -- development files (headers, CMake, etc)
>     - insighttoolkit-examples     -- source of example programs
>     - cableswig                   -- Generates Tcl/Python wrappers
> 
> 
> Coming Soon
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The applications and documentation packages are in the works.  Now that
> CableSwig is packaged, this will enable wrapped versions of ITK for Python
> and Tcl.  These packages will comprise:
> 
>     - insighttoolkit-apps         -- demo applications (with GUI, Viz)
>     - insighttoolkit-doc          -- API reference documentation
>     - python-insighttoolkit       -- Python wrappers for ITK
>     - tcl-insighttoolkit          -- Tcl wrappers for ITK
> 
> 
> ETA for the above is early March.
> 
> 
> Versioning
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> These packages use the new soversion support in CMake (thanks to Brad King
> and Maitland Bottoms).  The soversion is 2, and the library version is
> 1.6.0.  I will submit patches so that these can be added to ITK proper, to
> ensure consistent versioning with other platforms/releases.
> 
> In practice, this change is effectively transparent, and requires no change
> to user code; simply ensure you have CMake of at least version 1.8.2.1-1.
> Projects can still be built in the same way (ie. still link against
> libITKCommon.so etc).  This support ensures compliance with Debian policy
> (and good shared library building practice!)  and enables multiple
> incompatible libraries to co-exist on the same machine.
> 
> 
> Disclaimer
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> These packages are not yet officially part of Debian.  Please do not use the
> Debian BTS or the insight-users list for problems relating to these
> packages.  The email address to use is:
> 
>     gavinb ~at~ antonym .dot. org
> 
> This is the address also used to sign the packages; my GPG id is 108F60BB
> and is fairly well signed.
> 
> I have tested the new packages with a number of my own ITK apps (as well as
> the Applications).  While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the
> quality of the packages, use at your own risk, etc etc.
> 
> 
> 
> All feedback and suggestions welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   :: Gavin
>