[vtkusers] new user attempting install on mac OSX

[Tobias]

>
> At what stage is it going wrong? Did you compile VTK for Carbon or  
> Cocoa? (I've yet to try it for Cocoa - that's one of my next  
> projects...) Did you eradicate all mention of X11 lib and include  
> paths from your CMakeCache.txt? Are you using gcc3 or gcc2? OSX10.1 or  
> 10.2? Have you got Aqua Tkinter in your Python framework? (Try  
> starting python, then type "import Tkinter".) Have you got the Python  
> interpreter application, so the tk windows have a genuine OSX app to  
> work within?
>
> Bye!
>
so i followed the mayavi build instructions. everything went fine. i  
tested vtk-usage using mayavi's included python test-script. fine. then  
when i start mayavi (whatever way) i get a segmentation fault.
btw: python is working with vtk quite well (not perfect) esp. the  
renderinteractor seems to have probs with aqua tkinter.

but i'm not so much into python/vtk. prefer tcl. and i also tried  
cocoa. which works great for me. but i do a separte build with static  
libraries for cocoa. the other build is for carbon/java/python/tcl with  
shared libs.

in the carbon/python/tcl/java build i have the following settings  
regarding X11:

//X11 extra flags.
CMAKE_X_CFLAGS:STRING=-I/usr/X11R6/include

//Libraries and options used in X11 programs.
CMAKE_X_LIBS:STRING=-lSM;-lICE;/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/ 
libXext.a

//What is the path where the file GL/gl.h can be found
OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include

//OpenGL lib for OSX
OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:STRING=-framework OpenGL

//AGL lib for OSX
OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:STRING=-framework AGL

//Build classes for the X11 window system.
VTK_USE_X:BOOL=OFF

//What is the path where the file X11/X.h can be found
X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include

//Where can the X11 library be found
X11_X11_LIB:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a

//Where can the Xext library be found
X11_Xext_LIB:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a

//What is the path where the file X11/Xlib.h can be found
X11_Xlib_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include

//What is the path where the file X11/Xutil.h can be found
X11_Xutil_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include

//Dependencies for the target
vtkRendering_LIB_DEPENDS:STATIC=vtkGraphics;vtkImaging;vtkftgl;vtkfreety 
pe;-framework AGL;-framework  
OpenGL;-lSM;-lICE;-lSM;-lICE;/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/ 
libXext.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a;-framework  
Carbon;

//Dependencies for the target
vtkftgl_LIB_DEPENDS:STATIC=-framework AGL;-framework  
OpenGL;-lSM;-lICE;-lSM;-lICE;-lSM;-lICE;/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/ 
X11R6/lib/libXext.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a;/ 
usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a;/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a;vtkfreetype;


.. so you see the paths to all the xlibs adn includes is still in the  
cmake.cache but i guess the point is to set VTK_USE_X:BOOL=OFF in order  
to link against the framework opengl instead of X11s gl.h.
for the rest: i'm using gcc3, osx 10.2.5. i have aqua tkinter in the  
python framework and that works. and also the python interpreter.

basically i's prefer to develop in cocoa environment. but for rapid  
testing of pipelines etc.. i prefer TCL as the cocoa compilation takes  
too much time for quickly setting up things. and i'm not expert enough  
to build something like mayavi in cocoa.

Tobias