[vtkusers] Compiling VTK with OpenGL

Francois Bertel francois.bertel at kitware.com
Wed Aug 20 17:16:26 EDT 2008


The solution is in the link I sent (see the table ). Please read it.
You are probably missing opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, or glut32.lib.



On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Pascale Beliveau <beliveaup at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, those messages are gone, but I now have unresolved errors such as:
>
> vtkRendering.lib(vtkOpenGLTexture.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external
> symbol __imp__glDeleteTextures at 8
>
> am I missing a lib file? Sorry if I may ask basics questions, I am aware I'm
> a beginner in this and appreciate your help,
> Pascale
>
> On 8/20/08, Francois Bertel <francois.bertel at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>> You just missing #include <windows.h> before #include <GL/gl.h>. A
>> classic.
>>
>> http://www.opengl.org/resources/faq/technical/gettingstarted.htm#0020
>>
>> PS: Keep the thread on the list please.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Pascale Beliveau <beliveaup at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > No, VTK was successfully compiled. This error message is happening when
>> > I am
>> > compiling my own program. This problem appeared when I included #include
>> > <GL/gl.h>
>> >
>> > Thanks for helping,
>> > Pascale
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/20/08, Francois Bertel <francois.bertel at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is it happening when you are compiling VTK?
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Pascale Beliveau <beliveaup at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi VTK users,
>> >> >
>> >> >    I am relatively new with VTK, trying to install it and having
>> >> > problems
>> >> > with including the OpenGL file that will allow me to use the VTK
>> >> > viewer.
>> >> > I
>> >> > had the following error :
>> >> >
>> >> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> >> > 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\GL/gl.h(1152) : error C2144: syntax error :
>> >> > 'void'
>> >> > should be preceded by ';'
>> >> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> >> > 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\GL/gl.h(1152) : error C4430: missing type
>> >> > specifier
>> >> > - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
>> >> >
>> >> > occuring on the following line:
>> >> > WINGDIAPI void APIENTRY glAccum (GLenum op, GLfloat value);
>> >> > of file: gl.h
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone have an idea what I am missing?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks in advance for the help!
>> >> > Pascale
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