[vtkusers] VTK Configuration Errors

[david e ignacio]

Do you have the entire VTK source tree?  Are those files that it says
that it cannot find actually there?  I would update the VTK source tree
with the CVS repository to make sure, and while you are at it, do the
same with CMake as well.  

Dave

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 23:18, Luca Nicotra wrote:
> Hi,
> CMake returns me a no ending list of errors when I try to configure VTK
> 4.4 in Linux. Does anyone know any configuration option I might need to
> change?
> I already tried to set the MAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY to 1.4 or less but
> it doesn't work
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Luca Nicotra
> 
> Here I cut and paste the first part of the errors CMake displays:
> 
> Make Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:33:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkDependentOption.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:34:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkThirdParty.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:35:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkExportKit.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: An attempt was made to access a variable:
> CMAKE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN that has not been defined. Some
>  variables were always defined by CMake in versions prior to 1.6. To fix
> this you might need to set the cache
>  value of CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY to 1.4 or less. If you are writing
> a CMakeList file, (or have already set
>  CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY to 1.4 or less) then you probably need to
> include a CMake module to test for the
>  feature this variable defines.
> 
>  CMake Error: An attempt was made to access a variable: CMAKE_SIZEOF_INT
> that has not been defined. Some
>  variables were always defined by CMake in versions prior to 1.6. To fix
> this you might need to set the cache
>  value of CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY to 1.4 or less. If you are writing
> a CMakeList file, (or have already set
>  CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY to 1.4 or less) then you probably need to
> include a CMake module to test for the
>  feature this variable defines.
> 
>  CMake Error: can not find file
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkTestCharSignedness.cxx
> 
>  Tried .c .C .c++ .cc .cpp .cxx .m .M .mm .h .h++ .hm .hpp .hxx .in .txx
> 
>  CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:89:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkTestExplicitInstantiation.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: An attempt was made to access a variable:
> CMAKE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN that has not been defined. Some
> variables were always defined by CMake in versions prior to 1.6. To fix
> this you might need to set the cache
>  value of CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY to 1.4 or less. If you are writing
> a CMakeList file, (or have already set
>  CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY to 1.4 or less) then you probably need to
> include a CMake module to test for the
>  feature this variable defines.
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:125:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkCompileCMakeExtensions.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:126:
>  INCLUDE Could not find include file:
> /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkLoadCMakeExtensions.cmake
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:129:
>  Unknown CMake command "VTK_COMPILE_CMAKE_EXTENSIONS".
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:146:
>  Unknown CMake command "VTK_DEPENDENT_OPTION".
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:148:
>  Unknown CMake command "VTK_DEPENDENT_OPTION".
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:279:
>  Unknown CMake command "VTK_DEPENDENT_OPTION".
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:281:
>  Unknown CMake command "VTK_DEPENDENT_OPTION".
> 
>  CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMakeLists.txt:283:
> Unknown CMake command "VTK_DEPENDENT_OPTION".
> 
>  CMake Error: Could not open file for read in copy operatation
>  /home/luca/ITK/VTK/CMake/vtkTestStreamEOF.cxx.in
> 
>  CMake Error: can not find file
> /home/luca/ITK/VTKBin/CMake/vtkTestStreamEOF.cxx
> 
> 
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