[Paraview] which VTK

[Berk Geveci]

CVS ParaView uses CVS VTK. When ParaView is branched for a release, VTK is
also branched. We used to support using an external VTK but we had too many
complaints  that turned out to be mismatching versions of VTK and ParaView.
Because of this, we stopped supporting using an external VTK. You have to
change ParaView CMakeLists.txt files in order to allow for the use of an
external VTK and I don't think it's straightforward to do. I keep separate
builds of VTK and ParaView. If you are using VTK only from C++, you can use
the VTK built by ParaView instead of keeping a separate VTK.

-Berk


On 12/13/05, Dominik Szczerba <domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I once have asked this question, but didint get an answer. I didnt
> conclude much from the Wiki pages either: what is the reason Paraview
> uses its own VTK version?
>
> 1) Which version is it (CVS?) and what/why modifications are made to it?
>
> 2) I use both VTK (from C/C++) and Paraview (stand-alone) and I see
> little sense in compiling VTK twice. If the Paraview's versions is
> newer, which one is it / what are the differences to the official
> version? If the official VTK version is OK to use to compile Paraview,
> how can I disable redundant compilation and reuse VTK available on my
> system?
>
> thank you and regards,
> Dominik
>
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> Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
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