[vtkusers] Build instructions for OS X 10.2.3

[Robb Brown]

For a long time it seems CMake on OSX was not compiling the VTK 
extensions (you'd get an error to that effect when you ran it).  I 
tried the release, the beta release and a couple CVS versions.  I'm 
not sure if this was a CMake problem, a VTK issue or just a case of 
CMake and VTK being out of synch.  The error seemed to be innocuous 
until you actually compiled.  Anyway, I grabbed CMake and VTK from 
CVS day before yesterday and no CMake error.  I'm compiling VTK right 
now, I'll let you know how it goes.  BTW -- I'm using Carbon VTK, not 
X11, so there may be issues beyond this for you.




>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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