[vtkusers] problems with CMake

Amy Squillacote ahs at cfdrc.com
Tue Jun 17 08:47:49 EDT 2008


Peter F Bradshaw wrote:
> Hi;
>
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Deepak Tiwari wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> In order to create a C++ application on UNIX, I ran CMake which created a
>> Makefile, but after I ran make, it gave me the following error:
>>
>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/libtiff.so', needed by
>> `Cone'.  Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Cone.dir/all] Error 2
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> Does anybody know, how to fix this, or what it means?
>>     
>
> You apparently need to install the package that provides libtiff for
> your operating system. You will need the development package.
>
>   

You also have the option of using the tiff library that's in VTK. When 
you run cmake, set VTK_USE_SYSTEM_TIFF to OFF. Then it should build and 
use the one in VTK rather than looking for a copy of the tiff library on 
your system.

- Amy

>> Thanks,
>>
>> ~D
>>
>>     
>
> Cheers
>
>   

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