[Paraview] ParaView 2.4 on Mac OS 10.4, PowerPC
Chad Glendenin
chad at uchicago.edu
Sat Jul 8 23:38:10 EDT 2006
I took the liberty of adding a note to the Wiki about the LINKER
flags, but I didn't touch the part about the other settings, because
I wasn't sure if the settings that worked for me on 10.4 and on PPC
would apply to Intel or other Mac OS versions. Also, I'm not really
sure what the etiquette is with a Wiki, so I didn't want to change
too much.
Maybe we should document the changes from the CMake defaults that are
necessary for compiling ParaView on each Mac platform. I'd be willing
to add to the Wiki a list of changes necessary on a G4 with 10.4.7,
but I notice that some of the settings that worked for me are
different from the settings that worked for Randy Hudson's Intel
MacBook Pro.
I just did a ccmake in a fresh build directory and diff'ed the
CMakeCache.txt files. Here are the changes I made:
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=-Wl,-search_paths_first
CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=-Wl,-search_paths_first
OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include
VTK_USE_CARBON:BOOL=OFF
VTK_USE_RPATH:BOOL=OFF
VTK_USE_RPATH option does not appear in ccmake until running
'configure' after changing BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to ON.
The following settings were OK by default:
OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework
OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework
X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/include
X11_X11_LIB:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib
X11_Xext_LIB:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.dylib
VTK_USE_COCOA:BOOL=OFF
ccg
On Jul 8, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Mike Jackson wrote:
> OK.. I apologize to Kitware for my outbursts but there is a subtle
> error when you follow the directions on the wiki: (http://
> www.paraview.org/Wiki/
> ParaView:FAQ#How_do_I_compile_ParaView_for_Mac_OS_X.3F)
>
> From the wiki it says:
>
> "Also make sure that OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR is set to a directory that
> contains GL/gl.h, and set OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY and OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY
> accordingly."
>
> Well, when you run ccmake on the paraview source the opengl libs
> and includes are _still_ pointing to a directory that has gl.h and
> glu.h except that directory is the OpenGL Frameworks. To build this
> properly you really should be pointing the OpenGL entries in the
> ccmake to /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib and /usr/X11R6/lib/
> libGLU.dylib. The includes seem to be picked up correctly in /usr/
> X11R6/include.
>
> The other bit about "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS and
> CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS to "-Wl,-search_paths_first" is new to
> me. No has ever suggested that to me until the email below from
> Rick Wagner (Rick I owe you something.. ). So all the ranting and
> raving I did and no one from Kitware said, hey this really does
> work and all you have to do is ..... All I got was the standard
> "we don't support OS X".
>
> Now what would be _nice_ is if the standard CMakeLists.txt that
> comes with Paraview had a nice "IF DARWIN SET EXE_LINKER_FLAGS... "
> and "Set OPENGL_LIBS " _already_ set so that Paraview would just
> compile straight out of the box. It would go a long way to having
> new folks who give Paraview a try on OS X have a much easier time.
>
> Sorry for my immature attitude lately.. but it is a bit frustrating
> when your Primary Vis app stops working and you get no joy from the
> Developer.
>
> Now.. on to remove that BootCamp Partition and figure out what
> my .vti files will not load.
>
> --------
> Mike Jackson
> imikejackson <at> gmail <dot> com
>
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2006, at 12:34 AM, Rick Wagner wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Mike Jackson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 6, 2006, at 10:33 PM, Randy Hudson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> I have built paraview 2.4.3 on my Intel Mac (just so the
>>>> record's complete), and it does not seg fault. (Or, it might've
>>>> the first time I ran it, but it has worked fine since.)
>>>>
>>>> But, if I'm the only one in the galaxy who's been able to do
>>>> that, your claim that it's a non-starter is still true.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike Jackson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Um.. actually it is the other way around. Paraview is a non-
>>>>> starter on Intel Macs. It compiles and then segfaults.
>>>>>
>>>>> --------
>>>>> Mike Jackson
>>>>> imikejackson <at> gmail <dot> com
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Randy.
>>>
>>>
>>> Either send me your CMakeCache file or send me the binaries... If
>>> they work I will offer a public apology.. until then I stand by
>>> what I have found.
>>>
>>> Also, what hardware are you running? I am running OS X
>>> 10.4.6/7 on a MacBook PRO.
>>>
>>> --------
>>> Mike Jackson
>>> imikejackson <at> gmail <dot> com
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> ParaView mailing list
>>> ParaView at paraview.org
>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Try this CMakeCache.txt, it's the result of some advice I received
>> when I was try to build ParaView. The post must of been off of the
>> mailing list. Hopefully I remembered to thank Ivan. (His message
>> is at the bottom of this one.)
>>
>> --Rick
>>
>> <CMakeCache.txt>
>>
>> Some info on my PowerBook.
>>
>> Hardware Overview:
>>
>> Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15"
>> Machine Model: PowerBook5,8
>> CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
>> Number Of CPUs: 1
>> CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
>> L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
>> Memory: 1 GB
>> Bus Speed: 167 MHz
>> Boot ROM Version: 4.9.6f0
>> Serial Number: W86051UKSWZ
>> Sudden Motion Sensor:
>> State: Enabled
>>
>> System Software Overview:
>>
>> System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127)
>> Kernel Version: Darwin 8.6.0
>> Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
>> Computer Name: cable
>> User Name: Rick Wagner (rpwagner)
>>
>>
>> /********** original message from Ivan *************/
>>
>>
>> From: guajanai at student.ethz.ch
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] ParaView 2.4.3 and OS X 10.4.6 - Build
>> Problems
>> Date: April 27, 2006 2:56:22 AM PDT
>> To: guardian72 at guardian72.com
>>
>> Hi Rick,
>> I used to have similar problems as I tried to compile ParaView
>> form my MacBook. The solution was to set both
>> CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS and CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS to
>> -Wl,-serch_paths_first .
>> By default paraview was linked against the wrong ones. Here's a
>> quote from my own thread in this mailing list as I had the
>> compiling problems:
>>
>>
>>> Success! Everything seems to work fine now (although I use
>>> just a very small subset of paraview's capabilities).
>>>
>>> I had to to the following, in case someone faces the same problems:
>>>
>>> - disable VTK_USE_CARBON, VTK_USE_COCOA and enable VTK_USE_USE_X
>>> (see this FAQ entry:
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/
>>> ParaView:FAQ#How_do_I_compile_ParaView_for_Mac_OS_X.3F)
>>>
>>> - make sure that cmake is using the OpenGL implementation found
>>> in /usr/X11R6/lib
>>> (both libGL and libGLU) and the headers in /usr/X11R6/include/
>>>
>>> - set ALL the CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS* and
>>> CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS* (just
>>> to be sure) to -Wl,-search_paths_first
>>>
>>> - run make
>>>
>>> I'd like to thank Kenneth Moreland for his invaluable help with
>>> this issue!
>>>
>>> Ivan Guajana
>>>
>>
>> I hope this helps,,
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On 20/apr/06, at 23:23, Rick Wagner wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just built ParaView 2.4.3 on my G4 PowerBook running OS X
>>> 10.4.6, using the instructions from the wiki: BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
>>> ON; VTK_USE_CARBON_OFF; VTK_USE_X ON. I used gcc4.0 and CMake 2.2.3.
>>>
>>> The build chugs along and finishes, but when I try to run the
>>> paraview executable, I get a segmentation fault. This also
>>> happens if I try to run pvclient and connect to pvserver. The
>>> server process starts up, but when paraview or pvclient display
>>> "Creating UI (main view)...", they crash. I've tried running from
>>> both the build directory and doing an install.
>>>
>>> This seems similar to other postings I've seen, does anyone have
>>> a suggestion as to how I should go about debugging this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rick
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> ParaView at paraview.org
>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>>
>>
>>
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