[Paraview] which VTK

[Amy Squillacote]

I assume you mean using shared instead of static libraries in 
ParaView. Yes, this is possible. When you run CMake, set 
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to ON.

- Amy

At 12:02 PM 12/13/2005, Dominik Szczerba wrote:
>So the conclusions would be to use Paraview's VTK for more recent if 
>somewhat less stable version?
>
>I see the problem in maintaining two versions. And I dont think I am 
>going to change CMakeLists.txt to use an older external VTK version. 
>But is it at least easilly possible to link paraview dynamically 
>against the VTK? I get huge binary output files...
>
>regards,
>Dominik
>
>Berk Geveci wrote:
>>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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>
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