[vtkusers] vtk build for 10.3 and 10.4

[Michael Rice]

I have VTK 5 building on 10.4 with GCC 4. I configured it with Carbon  
and building static libs. I only do C++ development in Xcode, so I  
can't comment on the Tcl/Tk or Python. As for not being able to  
interact with the windows, I normally see that when starting an  
application without doing an 'open'. The app doesn't get any events;  
it has something to do with bypassing the dock or the "window  
manager" (sorry I don't know the correct OS X terms here).

Michael

On Feb 7, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote:

> Here's an update.  Carbon works for me with tcl/tk Aqua on OS X  
> 10.3.  I
> had to install XDarwin and compile for X11, no carbon or cocoa, on  
> OS X
> 10.4.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote:
>> VTK on OS X will not work for me.  I tried building on 10.4 with  
>> carbon
>> and then with cocoa, but nothing works.  The VTK window will show up
>> maybe with graphics, maybe without.  VTK Tcl/Tk examples will not  
>> allow
>> you to select their windows into focus.  VTK Python examples  
>> refuse to
>> exit/close.  The Tcl/Tk Aqua widget demo is working fine, so I'm
>> wondering what the problem is.  Anyone have it working on 10.4  
>> reliably?
>>
>> at a loss...
>>
>>
>> Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote:
>>
>>> I defined the following with ccmake:
>>> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS                ON
>>> VTK_USE_CARBON                   ON
>>> VTK_USE_COCOA                    OFF
>>> VTK_WRAP_TCL                     ON
>>> VTK_WRAP_PYTHON                  ON
>>>
>>> I am using TclTkAquaBI 8.4.10 for Mac OS X 10.3 and later from:
>>> http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>> I added the following in ccmake to try and make the VTK build  
>>> compatible
>>> with 10.3:
>>> CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS                  -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=1030
>>> CMAKE_C_FLAGS                    -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=1030
>>>
>>> and "export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3" before my make command.
>>>
>>> It has built fine, but just sits and spins on 10.4 when I run the
>>> Medical1.tcl example.
>>>
>>> I'm giving up on 10.3, and dropping the version defines.  I will  
>>> build
>>> for just 10.4 now, without the extra defines and environment  
>>> variable.
>>> If you don't hear from me, it worked.  ;)  Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean McBride wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 2006-01-24 16:17, Gavin W. Burris aka 86 said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My goal is to build VTK with Tcl wrappings that will run on  
>>>>> 10.3.9 or
>>>>> better.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to build on Mac OS X 10.4.2 + Xcode 2.2 with the CVS  
>>>>> version
>>>>> of VTK.  I added "-DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=1039" to
>>>>> CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS and CMAKE_C_FLAGS.  This builds a version that  
>>>>> will run
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't believe that is a valid value for that define.  See
>>>> AvailabilityMacros.h.  You should use 1030.  Although I don't  
>>>> believe
>>>> that would cause your problem...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> fine on OS X 10.3.9, but not on 10.4.2.  When running the  
>>>>> Medical1.tcl
>>>>> example on 10.4.2, the Carbon window will appear, but just spin/ 
>>>>> wait
>>>>> with no graphics ever appearing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I have to also define "-DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=????"?
>>>>> Shouldn't just setting the minimum version also support newer  
>>>>> versions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Actually it's kinda the other way around.  The explanation is  
>>>> rather
>>>> long winded... have your read the technote and header I  
>>>> mentioned last
>>>> time?  Basically, if you set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET then
>>>> MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED is automatically set.
>>>> MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_REQUIRED you should set yourself.  It will  
>>>> control
>>>> what is weak linked.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have the same version of tcl on both your 10.3 and 10.4  
>>>> drives?
>>>> Does said tcl version support both versions of the OS?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Gavin W. Burris aka 86
> Senior Systems Programmer
> Penn State Visualization Group
> http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
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