[vtkusers] Re: Naive questions....OSX

[Rich Gronostajski]

Roch,

>willing to share :-). Here are some areas I need to clarify:
>
>cmake: This is required to build VTK. The current version available 
>(unstable) from fink is 1.4.6-2. Does anyone have any experience with 
>this working or not?
>
You need cmake.  I used 1.4.6 and it workede fine

>
>tcltk: I am a bit confused with this. I tried installing tcltk using 
>fink, however after installation, I could only find libraries for tcl, 
>not tk. Also, are there versions that are implemented using X11, or are 
>they all Quartz based? There is a modified tcltk available from the 
>Atamai web site but it is version 8.4, while version from fink is 
>8.4.1-1. Is there a reason for the modified tcltk?
>
This TclTk uses X11 windowing rather than native Aqua windowing.  I 
built my VTK using the Aqua windowing Tcl/TK that is present on the 
Apple website, not the fink version.  Either should work but I don't 
have any experience with the fink version.

>
>cmake configuration: If I want to use the tcl wrappers, do I want/need 
>to enable X11? Does it work with the version of python (2.2) that is 
>included in the standard OS X 10.2.3, or do I need to install anything 
>else?
>
It's probably best to build with the new X11 from Apple and enable X11, 
rather than using native Aqua Tcl/Tk.  But I didn't do mine that way and 
it took me a good 3 days to get it running the way it is and I'm afraid 
to change it.  I will say however that the CVS build is probably what 
you want to use if you want to build with OSX.  I only got the carbon 
wrappings compiled, the cocoa wrappings wouldn't work.  I did get the 
python-wrapping to work with the fink python.  So if I were doing it 
again I'd use Apple's X11, Fink's Tcl/Tk and python, and run everything 
under X11 rather than with native Aqua Tcl/Tk.

>
>I guess this is the start of the questions that come to mind. I 
>appreciate anyone's experiences and I will try to share anything useful 
>I come up with as well.
>
Good luck.

>
>Thanks,
>
>Roch
>
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