[vtkusers] problems compiling VTK with Tcl/Tk

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Robert,

Change

 >  TCL_LIBRARY                      /home/larameer/tcl/tcl8.4.7/unix/lib
 >  TK_LIBRARY                       /home/larameer/tcl/tk8.4.7/unix/lib

into

TCL_LIBRARY                    /home/larameer/tcl/tcl8.4.7/unix/lib/libtcl.a
TK_LIBRARY                    /home/larameer/tcl/tk8.4.7/unix/lib/libtk.a

(or .so)

HTH
Mathieu


Robert S Laramee wrote:
> Dear Fellow VTK Users,
> 
> i'm having a problem compiling the VTK with
> Tcl/Tk.  i can compile and run the demo
> programs just fine without Tcl/Tk.
> 
> i've downloaded and installed Tcl and
> Tk v 8.4.7.  i've run ccmake and added 
> the Tcl/Tk include directories as follows:
> 
>  BUILD_EXAMPLES                   ON
>  BUILD_SHARED_LIBS                OFF
>  CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY    1.6
>  CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
>  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX             /home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix
>  TCL_INCLUDE_PATH                 /home/larameer/tcl/tcl8.4.7/unix/include
>  TCL_LIBRARY                      /home/larameer/tcl/tcl8.4.7/unix/lib
>  TK_INCLUDE_PATH                  /home/larameer/tcl/tk8.4.7/unix/include
>  TK_LIBRARY                       /home/larameer/tcl/tk8.4.7/unix/lib
>  VTK_DATA_ROOT                    /home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/VTKData
>  VTK_USE_HYBRID                   ON
>  VTK_USE_PARALLEL                 ON
>  VTK_USE_PATENTED                 ON
>  VTK_USE_RENDERING                ON
>  VTK_WRAP_JAVA                    OFF
>  VTK_WRAP_PYTHON                  OFF
>  VTK_WRAP_TCL                     ON
> 
> And ccmake generates the makefiles without
> reporting any errors.  However, i get a problem
> compiling the VTK.  It compiles for quite awhile,
> (~15 minutes) and then run into the following
> problem:
> 
> ...
> Building object file vtkPatentedInstantiator.o...
> Building static library 
> /home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/bin/libvtkPatented.a.../home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/Parallel: 
> building default_target
> Building dependencies. cmake.depends...
> Building object file vtkBranchExtentTranslator.o...
> Building object file vtkCollectPolyData.o...
> Building object file vtkCommunicator.o...
> Building object file vtkCompositeManager.o...
> 
> (more classes) ...
> 
> Building object file vtkTreeCompositer.o...
> Building object file vtkSharedMemoryCommunicator.o...
> Building object file vtkThreadedController.o...
> Building object file vtkParallelInstantiator.o...
> Building static library 
> /home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/bin/libvtkParallel.a.../home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/Wrapping/Tcl: 
> building default_target
> Building dependencies. cmake.depends...
> Building executable /home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/bin/vtk...
> /home/larameer/tcl/tcl8.4.7/unix/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [/home/larameer/evaluation/vtk/vtk-src-unix/bin/vtk] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [default_target] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [default_target_Wrapping_Tcl] Error 2
> make: *** [default_target] Error 2
> [larameer at lnxc25 vtk-src-unix]$
> 
> Any hints/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> -cheers, bob
>