Fwd: [vtkusers] Help with install VTK in Mac OS X

[Aurélien Vasseur]

Sorry...

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From: Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com>
Date: Jul 5, 2005 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Help with install VTK in Mac OS X
To: Aurélien Vasseur <aurelien.vasseur at gmail.com>


Hi Aurélien,

I think you accidentally replied to only me, instead of the list... can
you resend your message to the list, so everyone can benefit?  Then I
will reply further....

Thanks!



On 2005-07-05 19:36, Aurélien Vasseur said:

>On 7/5/05, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
>> On 2005-07-05 17:08, Aurélien Vasseur said:
>>
>> >I'm newbie on VTK and I try to install it in Mac OS 10.3.9 (G5). I'm
>> >using CMake 2.0.5 and I want to install VTK 4.2. But I get the
>>
>> Why do you want to use 4.2?
>
>Because on the download page of VTK (http://vtk.org/get-software.php),
>the official release is 4.2 (in big characters)...
>>
>> >following message when I compile that I can't understand:
>> >
>> >17:01 $ sudo make install
>> >Building installation install...
>> >Running cmake script file cmake_install.cmake
>> >-- Installing /usr/local/include/vtk/vtkCommonInstantiator.h
>> >
>> > *SNIP*
>
>why SNIP???
>> >
>> >-- Installing /usr/local/include/vtk/zlibDllConfig.h
>> >-- Installing /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkzlib.a
>> >CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>> >/Users/aurelien/Library/VTK/Utilities/zlib/cmake_install.cmake:10:
>> >FILE cannot find file: /Users/aurelien/Library/VTK/bin/libvtkzlib.a to
>> >install.
>> >make: *** [install] Error 255
>> >
>> >Could anyone help me please?
>>
>> Well, does /Users/aurelien/Library/VTK/bin/libvtkzlib.a exist?  I
>> suspect not.  So maybe the compilation failed?  Were there compilation
>> errors from the 'cmake .' step?  I found that the 4.2 and 4.4 code does
>> not build at all (at least on 10.4 w gcc 4) and so I am using the newest
>> code from CVS which, for me anyway, builds and runs fine.  I suggest you
>> get the code from CVS and try again.
>>
>> --
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> Sean McBride, B. Eng                 sean at rogue-research.com
>> Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
>> Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada
>>
>
>OK, I'm sorry, I didn't precise I'm also newbie on computers... ;)
>I find my answer here:
>http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2004-February/071746.html
>and it seems to compile fine.
>However, I will try to get the code from CVS as you suggest (after
>understanding what is CVS... I will survive!)
>
>--
>Aurelien Vasseur
>

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 sean at rogue-research.com
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada




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Aurelien Vasseur