[vtkusers] Re: windows version??

[Goodwin Lawlor]

Hi Dominik,

No, your thinking isn't damaged... its just that there are no 
pre-compiled VTK5.0 libs available to download from kitware. If you want 
to link a custom project against the VTK libs then you have to download 
the VTK5.0 source code and compile the libs yourself. You can download 
either http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.0/vtk-5.0.0.zip or 
http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.0/vtk-5.0.0.tar.gz or from CVS

This windows installer 
(http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.0/vtk-5.0.0-win32.exe) is solely for 
people that want to run vtk tcl scripts.

hth

Goodwin


Dominik Szczerba wrote:
> I dont quite follow - my reasoning may be totally damaged by linux
> thinking but I need headers and libs to use with my custom projects
> (e.g. mex for matlab, works fine under linux). No need for TK/TCL... any
> reading that I missed?
> thanks a lot for feedback,
> Dominik
> 
> Goodwin Lawlor wrote:
> 
>> Dominik Szczerba wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I just installed the vtk windows version (5.0) and found no libraries
>>> therein, only tcl/tk stuff (no dll files). Sorry, my experience with
>>> windose is rather symbolic, but sufficient to notice something is not OK
>>> here. In particular, how do I make my vtk mex matlab files aware of the
>>> vtk installation?
>>> thanks for any hints,
>>
>> The windows VTK5.0 installation gives you a tcl shell with the VTK libs
>> statically compiled in - no dlls are needed.
>>
>> If you want VTK dlls, it looks like you have to compile the shared libs
>> yourself. Or maybe someone on the list can send you them.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Goodwin
>>
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