[Paraview] Packaging branded binary

Dave Partyka dave.partyka at kitware.com
Fri Jan 15 11:27:42 EST 2010


Ah I think I know why your QT libs are not in the right spot. That being the
FUNCTION(install_qt_libs qtliblist componentname) Macro in
ParaViewBrandingCPack.cmake is using ${PV_INSTALL_LIB_DIR} which probably
isn't defined in your case. We'll get this fixed up.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu>wrote:

> Hey Utkarsh,
>
> We're getting closer... Your new instructions got me past a lot of the
> problems, but I was still missing the Qt libraries. I copied the "Add
> install rules..." section from Applications/ParaView/CMakeLists.txt so I
> would have an example for the install_qt_libs() macro, and it sort of
> worked, but in my binary package it put all of the Qt libraries in the
> package root rather than in {package_root}/lib/paraview-3.7/. After I moved
> the Qt libraries to that spot, all it was missing was libaudio.so.2 (which
> is a link to libaudio.so.2.4 on my system). If I also copy that to the
> correct package lib directory it runs on a clean Ubuntu system!
>
> So, if you know how to get the Qt libraries to end up in the correct spot,
> and how to get libaudio to show up, too, let me know.
>
> Oh, and when I copied the whole "Add install rules" section, cmake
> complained when it ran into the "Install the .plugins configuration file"
> section, saying "install FILES given no DESTINATION!". I guess maybe it
> doesn't know the ${PV_INSTALL_LIB_DIR} variable, but I'm not sure if I'll
> need that, or what to replace it with in my script.
>
> Next I need to see if I can get my plugins to compile and install along
> with my branded app. As you can tell, I'm not exactly a CMake master! :)
>
> Thanks again for all the help,
> -Eric
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>
> > Eric,
> >
> > I've updated the Wiki:
> >
> > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Writing_Custom_Applications#Packaging
> >
> > Here are the highlights:
> > * Build ParaView with VTK_USE_RPATH:OFF and BUILD_SHARED: ON
> > * Build your app with CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:ON and BUILD_SHARED: ON
> >
> > Utkarsh
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu>
> wrote:
> >> Hey Utkarsh,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the quick response -- that worked perfectly for generating
> the package.
> >>
> >> The problem I'm running into now, on Ubuntu at least (which is probably
> a generic install/package problem, not specific to the branding) is that the
> executable can't find the proper libraries. I can run from the
> {package}/build directory if I make a source package, but that seems to be
> because it's still finding the libraries in my original ParaView build --
> ldd on the executable lists the original library build location, not the new
> {package}/lib/paraview-3.7 library location. I tried building ParaView with
> VTK_USE_RPATH turned OFF, too, but that didn't seem to solve it.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the ignorance on this part -- I usually just build and run in
> place rather than doing an "install".
> >>
> >> Thanks again,
> >> -Eric
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 14, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
> >>
> >>> Eric,
> >>>
> >>> That's something that needs to be fixed. For now, you can do this:
> >>>
> >>> cpack -G TGZ --config CPack{PackageName}Config.cmake
> >>>
> >>> You can change the generator (-G) suitable for your platform. Look at
> >>> cpack --help for details.
> >>>
> >>> Note: this is still under development. I committed this code just
> >>> yesterday :), so there may be issues. But we'd love any feedback that
> >>> we can get.
> >>>
> >>> Utkarsh
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I've never tried to package PV binaries before, but I've been enjoying
> exploring the new branding capabilities and started trying to see if I could
> package my custom PV to supply for my users. I added the appropriate lines
> to my CMakeList.txt file by looking at the one for the Spreadsheet app. I'm
> building out of the PV source tree, and the build goes fine.
> >>>>
> >>>> Even though there were cpack options when configuring in ccmake for
> both binary and source packaging, I can run "make package_source" after my
> build but there is no target for "make package". Is there some other
> configuration I can do to package the binaries without all of the source
> files?
> >>>>
> >>>> (I'm building 64-bit versions with CVS CMake and ParaView, and Qt
> 4.6.0 on both Mac OS X 10.6.2 and Ubuntu 9.10)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the help,
> >>>> -Eric
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> Eric E Monson
> >>>> Duke Visualization Technology Group
> >>>>
> >>>>
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