[vtkusers] Is vtkDistributedDataFilter put in the libvtkParallel.so library?

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Jeremy,

	You need MPI to use this class. I you do, then turn VTK_USE_MPI ON with 
cmake. If cmake doesn't find the lib, you need to specify it explicitely 
in the cmake cache entries.

HTH
Mathieu

Jeremy Stout wrote:
> Hello, I am working on a program that uses the
> vtkDistributedDataFilter class. I can compile the program, but linking
> phase fails. Here are the error messages I am receiving:
> 
> [stout at energy translator]$ g++ translator.cpp -otranslator
> -I/usr/local/include/vtk -I/usr/local/packages/mpich/include
> -L/usr/local/lib/vtk/ -lvtkCommon -lvtkDICOMParser -lvtkParallel
> -lvtkIO -lvtkGraphics -lvtkFiltering -lvtkHybrid -lvtkImaging
> -lvtkRendering -lvtkexpat -lvtkfreetype -lvtkftgl -lvtkjpeg -lvtkpng
> -lvtktiff -lvtkzlib -L/usr/local/packages/mpich/lib -lmpich -ldl
> -Wno-deprecated
> 
> tmp/ccQfSGzK.o(.text+0x21b): In function
> `performTranslation(vtkDataSet*, char*, int, int, vtkMPIController*)':
> : undefined reference to `vtkDistributedDataFilter::New()'
> /tmp/ccQfSGzK.o(.text+0x246): In function
> `performTranslation(vtkDataSet*, char*, int, int, vtkMPIController*)':
> : undefined reference to
> `vtkDistributedDataFilter::SetController(vtkMultiProcessController*)'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> Now, if I switch to the library and do a "nm" on it, this is what I get:
> 
> [stout at energy vtk]$ cd /usr/local/lib/vtk/
> [stout at energy vtk]$ nm libvtkParallel.so| c++filt| grep vtkDistributedDataFilter
> [stout at energy vtk]$ 
> 
> The vtkDistributedDataFilter is an essential part of my program and I
> would prefer to use it over rolling my own implementation. I'm using
> VTK4.4.
> 
> Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Jeremy Stout
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