[vtkusers] vtk installation error(LINUX)

[Peter F Bradshaw]

You need to use the a CMake front end. I use ccmake. You will have to
toggle "Advanced Mode" on. You will find entry fields named
"OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR", etc, into which you enter the appropiate paths.

On Tue, 27 May 2008, Deepak Tiwari wrote:

> Thanks, Alex.
> Can you elaborate a little bit on how to tell cmake where these libraries
> are.
> Thanks,
>
> ~D
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Alexander MacLennan <
> alex.maclennan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Deepak,
> >
> > You need to tell cmake where the include ( .h )  and libraries are ( .so
> > etc.. ) files are so it can create the build scripts
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > opengl_gl_library will be the full path to libGL.so  e.g.
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so
> > opengl_include_dir will be the name of the directory that contains the
> > header files used by opengl   e.g. /usr/include/GL .. or even /usr/include
> >
> > You'll need to do the same for python and tk
> >
> > alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Deepak Tiwari <vtoolkit at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am installing vtk on Linux. I am getting the following error when I do
> >> the initial configuration. I am not quiet sure what this means.
> >>
> >>  CMake Error: This project requires some variables to be set,
> >>  and cmake can not find them.
> >>  Please set the following variables:
> >>  OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR (ADVANCED)
> >>  OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY (ADVANCED)
> >>  PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH
> >>  PYTHON_LIBRARY
> >>  TK_INCLUDE_PATH (ADVANCED)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> ~D
> >>

Cheers

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