[vtkusers] Build instructions for OS X 10.2.3

[roch at rogue-research.com]

Hello,

I have been trying for several days to get VTK to build with OS X with 
no success. I used fink to install tcltk and Python (and all it's many 
dependencies), then installed CMake 1.4.7. I've also tried with various 
flavours of tcltk and have not had any luck. I either get missing 
symbols that should be in the tcl lib, or errors in tk. Since each 
attempt involves an hour or so of compilation, it is slow going when I 
have to take a poke at this and see what happens approach.

I've noticed that probably 1 in 5 messages in this group are related to 
getting vtk to build on one platform or another. I know I am not the 
right person to say this as I have contributed 0 to this great effort 
up to now, but my impression is that this is a sore spot. Coming from a 
new user, it would be a huge help if there were some clear and 
reproducible documentation on installation.

Please do not interpret this as complaining, and I am continuing to try 
to get vtk working so I can evaluate it for my needs. I am as anxious 
as anyone to move from building the tools to actually learning to use 
the tools (and maybe contribute something as well).

Thanks,

Roch

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On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11:54 AM, Surajit Nundy wrote:

> Hello,
> 	I have been using vtk (with Java) somewhat successfully on Mac OS X 
> 10.1.5 for some time now.  Because of the advent of Apple's X11 
> implementation, I would like to use it on 10.2.x (hopefully 10.2.3).  
> I downloaded the CVS version of vtk with the release version of CMake 
> (1.4.7) and tried to build it with default options but got all these 
> undefined symbol errors.  Has anyone successfully built vtk on 10.2.3 
> and if so, could they tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Surajit Nundy
>
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