[vtkusers] Re: windows version??

[Dominik Szczerba]

OK a windows newbee managed to compile VTK from sources (static libs, no
python yet) using mingw and moreover got it working with matlab via
gnumex. if someone is interested I can post a short walkthrough.
one thing bothers me though, but may not belong to this list, however,
please answer if you happen to know: sys/resource.h is not there in
mingw and some of my vtk projects rely on it. Is there a solution?
thanks
Dominik

Goodwin Lawlor wrote:
> 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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