[vtk-developers] Instructions for building VTK using devenv.

[Andrew Maclean]

Hi David,

All done, please review it and make any changes to make it clearer.
It is now called Using Git and MSBuild to build
VTK<http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/GitMSBuild> and
is in http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK#Building_VTK .

Regards
Andrew


On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:40 AM, David E DeMarle
<dave.demarle at kitware.com>wrote:

> Please do post those instructions on the vtk wiki and add a link to
> the page under
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK#Building_VTK
> It is nice information to have around outside of the mailing list archives.
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Andrew Maclean
> <andrew.amaclean at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >    I have attached an html file detailing how to checkout and build VTK
> > using devenv for separate release and debug trees. I felt I needed to
> > document the process and then thought it might be useful to the
> community on
> > general.
> >
> > I would appreciate input as to:
> > 1) Do the instructions work for you?
> > 2) Is there a better way?
> > 3) Have I missed anything?
> > 4) Are there any more additions needed?
> > 5) Would this be useful to put up on the Wiki?
> >
> > I have tried a similar approach using nmake but it takes a very long
> time as
> > nmake doesn't do parallel builds. I also looked at jom but decided to
> stick
> > with devenv as the solution files are automatically created and the user
> can
> > then click on VTK,sln in the VTK Debug or Release Directory and edit (if
> > needed)/build as needed. Devenv seems to also use as much of the
> resources
> > on the machine as it can and, while being much much slower than gcc on
> Linux
> > or Mac OS, it is much faster than nmake. Having separate build and
> release
> > trees means that the building goes a bit faster because the solution
> > file doesn't have to change from release to debug.or vice versa.
> >
> > Of course I welcome corrections and more input.
> >
> > Regards
> >    Andrew
> >
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