[vtkusers] VTK, MacOS and X11

Mathieu Malaterre mathieu.malaterre at kitware.com
Wed Jan 26 17:20:06 EST 2005


Johnny,

	Did you do :

cmake (modify the settings)
make rebuild_cache
make clean (within VTK/Rendering should be enough)
make

Thanks
Mathieu

Johnny C. Norris II wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I changed the OpenGL settings to:
> 
> OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib
> OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.dylib
> 
> It didn't help, however.  I still get exactly the same errors.
> 
> I'll take a look at fink.  I'm porting an existing application, however, 
> and would like to get it to work without a major redesign.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> Jens Frederich wrote:
> 
>> please use not the opengl framework, but use the opengl lib under 
>> /usr/X11R6/lib. The best way for vtk with X11 is, use the fink tree 
>> (fink.sf.net)
>>
>> On 26.01.2005, at 22:50, Johnny C. Norris II wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I can't seem to get VTK to work on a Mac using X11.  Here are the 
>>> highlights:
>>>
>>> Darwin kernel version 7.7.0
>>> gcc 3.3 (from Apple)
>>> Latest CMake from cvs
>>> Latest VTK from cvs
>>> VTK_USE_CARBON and VTK_USE_COCOA are OFF
>>> VTK_USE_X is ON
>>> OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:STRING=-framework OpenGL
>>> OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:STRING=-framework AGL
>>>
>>> The OpenGL settings are what CMake chose.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to display to a PC with Windows 2000 and the X server 
>>> that's distributed with cygwin.
>>>
>>> Everything compiles, but when I try to run something 
>>> (GraphicsCxxTests, for example), I get a huge number of undefined 
>>> references:
>>> dyld: bin/GraphicsCxxTests Undefined symbols:
>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.1.dylib undefined reference to _glAccum expected 
>>> to be defined in OpenGL
>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.1.dylib undefined reference to _glActiveTexture 
>>> expected to be defined in OpenGL
>>> etc etc etc
>>>
>>> I'm not a Mac person, but I've tried this on two different up-to-date 
>>> Macs administered by different people, and I've gotten the same 
>>> results.  Is this a problem with VTK, CMake, or me?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>>> John
> 
> 




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