[vtkusers] problems with VTK on linux

[Evan Stitt]

Thanks for the response.  I used the package from one of the mandriva
repositories, which I got from easyurpmi.zarb.org.  I will try a
different repository and let you know how it goes.


Jesús Spí­nola wrote:
> Which rpm packages have you used and which version of vtk are you 
> using? I had the same error a year ago with one rpm packages. I think 
> they were from rpmfind.net <http://rpmfind.net>. It was just a bug in 
> the rpm building that didn't link to the Rendering library or 
> something similar. There are rpm packages for vtk 5.0 in the 
> repositories for Mandriva and they should work ok.
>
> 2007/2/4, Evan Stitt <evangstitt at gmail.com 
> <mailto:evangstitt at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I installed VTK on my linux machine (Mandriva 2007).  All went well,
>     except I'm getting strange results when I try to compile a program.
>     When I try to create a new  vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction object
>     with the following line:
>     vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction *compositeFunction =
>     vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction::New();
>
>     I get the following error at compile time:
>     undefined reference to `vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction::New()'
>
>     The same thing happens with vtkVolumeRayCastMapper.  I have included
>     header files for both of them.  The strange thing is, the exact same
>     syntax works fine for other objects, such as the renderer, the render
>     window and the interactor.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>     thanks in advance.
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