[vtkusers] Question for using VTK in Linux

[Simon DROUIN]

Chris Heier wrote:

> Ok, I have just installed VTK.  Now, I am quite a biginner at 
> programming and whatnot, but I noticed in the testing.txt file, there 
> is a section stating:
>
> cd VTK/Graphics/Testing/Tcl
> /path/to/VTK/bin/vtk yourScript.tcl
>
> Now, on my computer, I have VTK in '/home/cheier/Software/VTK', but in 
> the bin directory, there is no vtk.  I did a make install, and vtk 
> isn't in the /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin folder at all.  I searched my 
> entire computer and the only vtk names I could find are folders.  Did 
> I do something wrong, or is there something I just missed?
>
> Chris Heier
>
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I might be wrong, but it sounds like you just ran cmake instead of 
ccmake, which means you didn't change any of the default settings for 
compilation.

By default, cmake produces makefiles that do not build the language 
bindings ( python, tcl, java). When you run ccmake, it brings up a gui 
(text based) that let you change the default options. The gui also let 
you specify the install directory.

Simon Drouin