[vtkusers] 'internal link edit command failed' with VTK 5.0.2 on Mac OS (Intel) 10.4.8 and gcc 4.0.1

[Sean McBride]

On 2007-02-16 17:14, Kustaa Nyholm said:

>I get the 'internal link edit command failed' error when compiling
>VTK.

That's the 'catch all' message.  You need to look further up to see the
problem.  Further up, we see messages about 'multiple definitions'.  

>I'm using VTK 5.0.2
>On Mac OS X 10.4.8 (Intel dual core MacBook Pro)
>with gcc is 4.0.1
>
>Has any one seen this, solved this? Googling and looking at the
>archives I see that this
>was an issue with older gcc and vtk but I gather this was solved,
>however, I'm stumped.

You will need to tell us more about your build settings.  What options
are you building with?  For starters, I suggest turning Java off, it is
broken on Mac OS X on Intel currently.  You could try starting simple,
with these instructions:
<http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/Cocoa_VTK>

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