[vtkusers] How to compile tutorial example?

[James Frye]

Still the same 50K lines of errors.

I think the compiler is the same: CMake calls it "c++" instead of "gcc",
but the -v option reports the same "gcc version 3.3.3 20040412" for both.

Thanks,
James 

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, X Z wrote:

> James,
> 
> I realized that you did placed '-L' and '-I' options and they seemed to be 
> consistent.  So your Makefile should work.  I would try linking only to 
> vtkCommon, vtkGraphics, vtkFiltering, and vtkRendering and see if it works.
> 
> Also make sure the same version of compiler is used for installation.
> 
> Xiaofeng Zhao
> www.xzing.orgh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: James Frye <frye at cs.unr.edu>
> >To: David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
> >CC: vtkusers at vtk.org
> >Subject: Re: [vtkusers] How to compile tutorial example?
> >Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:16:10 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >David,
> >
> >Well, it does and it doesn't :-)
> >
> >After some fumbling, I got it to generate a Makefile that will compile the
> >example.  The problems are that it's not a standard makefile at all: it
> >calls CMake internally through several levels of scripts and/or recursive
> >make calls, creates a bunch of additional directories & files, uses wrong
> >commands & extensions...
> >
> >I suppose I could eventually trace through all of this, and extract the
> >relevant parts to make a useable makefile (My first quick shot did get me
> >down to a mere 10K or so error lines :-)), but I need to ask whether it's
> >going to be worth doing, whether that makefile would work as a template
> >for other programs. Please understand that we're not starting a project
> >from scratch: we have existing code & makefiles which work.  We really
> >aren't interested in re-writing all this working code just to integrate
> >one toolkit, no matter how nice it is.
> >
> >So I guess the question now is whether it is feasible to use VTK without
> >CMake, and if so, where to start.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >James
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, David Cole wrote:
> >
> > > If you successfully compiled and installed VTK 5.0, you must have used
> > > CMake to do so...
> > >
> > > Use CMake to generate a makefile for you... If you point CMake at
> > > Examples/Tutorial/Step1/Cxx as the source directory you should be able
> > > to get a makefile that will build step 1 linking to the VTK you just 
> >built.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > David
> > >
> > > James Frye wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >I've just downloaded and installed VTK 5.0.  I compiled and installed 
> >it
> > > >in /opt/vtk.  Now I'm trying to get the first example in
> > > >Examples/Tutorial/Step1 to run.
> > > >
> > > >Since there is no Makefile, I made a simple one, which I've included at
> > > >the end.  The problem is that this gives me about 54K lines of 
> >"undefined
> > > >reference to vtkSomething..." messages.  Obviously. something 
> >fundamental
> > > >is wrong, but what?  How do I get a Makefile that I can use to compile 
> >a
> > > >simple example?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >James
> > > >
> > > >PS: I did read the install instructions, all the FAQs, and tried to 
> >search
> > > >the mailing list archives (using "how to compile example" as a search
> > > >string).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >The Makefile:
> > > >
> > > >NAME = Cone
> > > >
> > > >CC   = /usr/bin/gcc
> > > >CPP  = /usr/bin/gcc
> > > >
> > > >CFLAGS += -g -Wunused -Wno-deprecated -I/opt/vtk/include/vtk-5.0
> > > >LIBS = -L/opt/vtk/lib \
> > > >       -lvtkCommon -lvtkDICOMParser -lvtkFiltering 
> >-lvtkGenericFiltering \
> > > >       -lvtkGraphics -lvtkHybrid -lvtkIO -lvtkImaging -lvtkMPEG2Encode 
> >\
> > > >       -lvtkNetCDF -lvtkRendering -lvtkVolumeRendering -lvtkWidgets    
> >\
> > > >       -lvtkexoIIc -lvtkexpat -lvtkfreetype -lvtkftgl -lvtkjpeg 
> >-lvtkpng \
> > > >       -lvtksys -lvtktiff -lvtkzlib
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >$Cone: Cone.o
> > > >	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.cpp.o:
> > > >	  $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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