[vtkusers] How to build Qt-4.5.x and vtk-5.3.x for Mac OS X 10.5.5 with 64-bit Cocoa support

[clinton at elemtech.com]

Nice!  Do the examples run correctly?

The patch to fix the QVTKWidget compile is in CVS now.

Another nice thing to have is a check in the CMakeLists.txt file for whether 
Qt is compiled with Cocoa or Carbon, and make sure VTK has the same 
configuration.

Clint

On Tuesday 21 October 2008 4:10:53 pm Elvis Dowson wrote:
> Hi,
>           I just downloaded the latest version of Qt-4.5.x and managed
> to get it to compile under Mac OS X 10.5.5 with 64-bit Cocoa support.
>
> You will need Clinton's patch, to make QVTKWidget compile correctly
> for 64-bit Cocoa support.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Elvis Dowson
>
>
> Technote: How to build Qt-4.5.x and vtk-5.3.x for Mac OS X 10.5.5 with
> 64-bit Cocoa support
>
> Procedure
>
> Step 01: Download the latest version of Qt-4.5.x via rsync
>
> The following command will list all the rsync modules available from
> the TrollTech server
>
> rsync rsync://rsync.trolltech.com/
>
> For example, to get Qt for all platform snapshots with rsync, choose a
> directory in which to install the distribution (your-qt-repository),
> and run the command:
>
> rsync -avz rsync://rsync.trolltech.com/qt-all-4.5 <your-qt-repository>
>
> Step 02: Patch vtk sources
>
> Patch the QVTKWidget plugin sources by running the following command
> from the VTK/GUISupport/Qt/ folder
>
> patch < qvtkcocoasupport.patch
>
> Step 03: Configure and build Qt-4.5.x
>
> In order to configure Qt-4.5.x for Mac OS X 10.5.5 type the following
> command
>
> ./configure -platform macx-g++ -opengl -cocoa -arch x86_64 -qt-gif -
> prefix /Developer/Applications/Qt-4.5.0
>
> Type the following command to build Qt-4.5.x
>
> make -j 2
>
> Step 04: Update environment variables
>
> Update your ~/.profile file with the following environment variables
>
> # environment variables for vtk-5.x
> export VTK_DIR=/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/install/cocoa-shared/lib/
> vtk-5.3
> export VTK_LIB_DIR=/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/install/cocoa-shared/lib/
> vtk-5.3
> export VTK_DATA_ROOT=/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/data/
>
> # environment variables for qt-4.4.3
> export QTROOT=/Developer/Applications/Qt-4.5.0
> export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/Developer/Applications/Qt-4.5.0/plugins/designer
>
> # the path is initially set to "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/
> local/bin:/usr/X11/bin"
> export PATH=$PATH:$QTROOT/bin
>
> # environment variables for Tcl Tk
> export TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libtcl8.5.dylib
> export TK_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libtk8.5.dylib
> export TCLLIBPATH="$TCLLIBPATH \"/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/install/
> cocoa-shared/lib/vtk-5.3\" \"/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/install/cocoa-
> shared/lib/vtk-5.3/Tcl\""
>
> # the path is initially set to "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/
> local/bin:/usr/X11/bin"
> export PATH=$PATH:$QTROOT/bin
> export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VTK_LIB_DIR:$VTKDESIGNER_LIB_DIR:
> $GCF_LIB_DIR:$GRASS_LIB_DIR:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> Step 05: Install qt-4
>
> Once everything is built, type the following command to install Qt-4.5.0
>
> sudo make install
>
> Qt will be installed into /Developer/Applications/Qt-4.5.0
>
> Step 06: Configure and build vtk
>
> Use the following settings for CMake
>
> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
>
> VTK_USE_CARBON=OFF
> VTK_USE_COCOA=ON
>
> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/install/cocoa-shared
> CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64
>
> VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS=ON
>
> VTK_USE_GUISUPPORT=ON
> VTK_USE_QVTK=ON
> DESIRED_QT_VERSION=4
>
> Step 07: Check if the vtk libraries have been correctly built for x86
> 64-bit architecture
>
> cd bin
> file libvtkCommon.dylib
> libvtkCommon.dylib: Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library
> x86_64