[vtkusers] Installing an application that uses VTK

Carl Trapani carl at skytopsoftware.com
Thu Oct 23 15:48:31 EDT 2008


Oh yea ... I'm ignoring the "client machine" scenario for now ... I'll 
get to that later. But if you have advice, that would be great. I'm 
assuming static compilation will mean I don't need to do VTK separately 
on the client ... is that right?

Thanks!
Carl

Carl Trapani wrote:
> Well ... I need to put the VTK source somewhere, then do CMake and get 
> a build directory, then make and install that probably using Eclipse CDT.
> 1) Where should I put the source, build and install dirs for the above?
>
> Then I need to put my applications source somewhere, CMake and compile 
> it and optionally install it.
> 2) Suggestions on where to put my source and then where to install my 
> C++ application (that uses VTK 5.2)?
>
> 3) Pointers on tools would be very much appreciated. I'm thinking 
> about CPack .. but don't really know if this is appropriate. I'm going 
> with static compilation.
>
> Thanks tons!
> Carl
>
> Michael Jackson wrote:
>> Are you talking about where to install it on your own machine or on a 
>> clients machine that is installing your application?
>>
>>
>
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