[vtkusers] How to - Installing VTK on Apple OS 10.4.8 Mac Book Pro for the purposes of Cocoa

[David Cole]

Just a reminder for you guys: the VTK Wiki *is* a Wiki and you should
feel free to sign up with a login to it and add/modify stuff as you
see fit. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the VTK Wiki.

Your SimpleCocoaVTK project is in CVS at VTK/Examples/GUI/Cocoa. Let
me know if you have any updates for it that you would like to commit.

David Cole
Kitware, Inc.

On 10/30/06, Mike Jackson <mike.jackson at imts.us> wrote:
> Just my 2 Cents..
>
> After you do a "make", you need to do a "make install" and the headers
> _should_ be copied into the location that is defined in the
> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable, which by default is set to /usr/local.
>
> Yes, on a virgin OS X install /usr/local is NOT available.
> Sudo mkdir /usr/local
> Sudo chmod g+w /usr/local <== This gives at least admins write privs
>
> The other suggestion is to just use the released version of VTK at the time.
> I know there are Dashboards for testing but a new user using the latest from
> CVS _could_ potentially download on a day when the OS X build is broke. This
> is going to lead to lots of confusion.
>
> Plus if there are changes from release to release it can be noted in your
> document that for a given release certain things apply.
>
> Other than that, the doc looks great. I hope to see it incorporated into the
> SimpleVTK project and maybe the VTK Wiki..
>
> Cheers
> Mike Jackson
>
>
> On 10/30/06 12:04 PM, "Ryan Glover" <prionscientific at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Sean, Mike and VTK forum users ,
> >
> > Yes, you may include the document with the simpleCocoaVTK download.
> > That would be best for new users.
> >
> > My apologies to you Sean and to Mike for attributing Mike to Rogue
> > Research.  I have made the edit in my local copy of the document.
> >
> > I have played around with ccmake and it is quite easy to use.
> > However, I thought it was easier to explain the simple edits to a text
> > file as opposed to explaining how the ccmake program operates.  When I
> > revise this document I will consider writing an expanded description
> > of ccmake.
> >
> > With regards to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.  I tried to touch as few flags
> > during the install as possible since I am quite inexperienced.
> > Looking at my CMakeCache.txt my CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is set to
> > /usr/local.  VTK did not put all the headers in a single location when
> > I installed.  This could be because /usr/local is a protected
> > directory.  If I reinstall I will try modifying the directory so that
> > it is within my home folder.  If it compiles all the headers as you
> > say it does, that would be a much easier install then working with the
> > shell script, which I think is the most confusing part of the process
> > for new users.
> >
> > Thank you for your comments.
> >
> > Many thanks and best regards,
> > Ryan Glover
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