[vtkusers] Re: failure report for installing vtk 5.0.1.

[David Cole]

No problem. Thanks for the extra data. One more question:
You said "The CMake error appeared as: Erroe adding durle for 
c:/VTK5.0/vtk-5.0.1/CMakelists.txt after configuration procedure"...

What is the specific error text that CMake first presents you with?

You cannot expect to ignore/cancel from CMake configuration errors and 
then have a flawless build. CMake should be able to configure VTK 
without errors first, then we can move on to the next step of trying to 
build VTK...


- David


Dongqing Chen wrote:

> Dear All:
>
>   Sorry for unclear description of my problem.
>
>   Yes, The CMake 2.4 hung couples times and did not finish when I used it 
> to configure vtk 5.0.1.
>   The environment on my computer: Windows XP, VC++ 6.0, VTK 5.0.1 and 
> CMake
>  2.4.
>
>   The main steps which I followed (same as when installing vtk 5.0.0) are
>  listed as given below:
>  1. download installer for win32 (vtk-5.0.1-win32.exe),
>  source(vtk-5.0.1.zip), data(vtkdata-5.0.1.zip);
>  2. Run and install vtk-5.0.1-win32.exe into C:\vtk5.0
>  3. Unzip source archieve into C:\vtk5.0\vtk-5.0.1
>  4. Unzip data archieve into C:\vtk5.0\vtkdata-5.0.1
>  5. run CMake 2.4, and set the source code path: C:\vtk5.0\vtk-5.0.1, and
>  the path for build the binaries: C:\vtk5.0\bin
>  6. For cache values: set BUILD_EXAMPLES: on, BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: on,
>  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: C:\vtk5.0, VTK_DATA_ROOT: C:\vtk5.0\vtkdata-5.0.1
>  7. leave all others as they are
>
>   The CMake error appeared as: Erroe adding durle for 
> c:/VTK5.0/vtk-5.0.1/CMakelists.txt after configuration procedure,  if  I
>  press cancel to suppress any further messages, then building 
> ALL_BUILD_classes using VC++ 6.0 would fail . The
>  vtkWin32OutputWindowProcessEncoded.c generated some link errors with 
> error LNK 2001: unresolved external symbol.
>
>   Sometimes, the configure procedure stops at different locations, for 
> example: checking support for c++ explicit template instantiation.
>
>   The  CMakeCache.txt  is attached for your reference.
> Best Wishes,
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Dongqing Chen
> Ph.D Research Assistant
> Rm. 07, Paul C. Lutz Hall
> Computer Vision & Image Processing (CVIP) Lab
> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
> Speed School of Engineering
> University of Louisville
> Louisville, KY. 40292
> U.S.A
> Email: dqchen at cvip.louisville.edu <mailto:dqchen at cvip.louisville.edu>
> Phone:+1-502-852-2789 (Lab)
>             +1-502-852-6130 (Office)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Cole" <david.cole at kitware.com>
> > To: "Dongqing Chen" <dqchen at cairo.spd.louisville.edu>
> > Cc: <vtkusers at vtk.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [vtkusers] help on install vtk 5.0.1.
> >
> >
> > Are you saying that CMake hangs and does not finish when trying to
> > configure vtk 5.0.1?
> >
> > Is this on Windows or Linux or Mac?
> > At what point does it hang? (What's the last "correct" thing that it 
> does
> > before it hangs?)
> > What CMake version / settings are you using?
> > Can you reply and attach the CMakeCache.txt file from your attempt?
> >
> > Give more details with a specific question and somebody might be able to
> > help you get to the next step...
> >
> >
> > - David