[vtkusers] Getting Started Questions

[Labitt, Bruce]

Thanks Mike.  

Believe me, I'm far from a guru myself - that is why I am "here" asking
questions.  Instead of using LD_LIBRARY_PATH, shouldn't I just use
ldconfig for the new directory of libraries?  I would have thought the
build process would have done this already..

Yes, compile did reach 100%.  Is there a log file showing that
everything passes?

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Jackson [mailto:mike.jackson at bluequartz.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:18 AM
To: Labitt, Bruce
Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Getting Started Questions

I am not a linux guru but it looks like your LD_LIBRARAY_PATH may need  
to include the VTK-build/bin directory.

Also, when you compiled vtk, did the compile reach 100% ?? That would  
indicate a successful compile.

Mike

On Sep 5, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Labitt, Bruce wrote:

> I'm trying to get started with vtk.  I have downloaded vtk5.2.  I used
> cmake 2.6 to build vtk on a RHEL5.2 clone.  How can I tell if the  
> build
> is really successful?  Can I examine an output file?  Is there a test
> suite I can run?
>
> I have built vtk out of place into a VTK-build directory.  Some of the
> files in the VTK-build/bin directory do not run, for instance, when I
> run
> [ bin]$./GraphicsCxxTests         the result is
>
> ./GraphicsCxxTests: error while loading shared libraries:
> libvtkRendering.so.5.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file  
> or
> directory
>
> libvtkRendering.so.5.2 is in the current directory bin
>
> Other files do run, like Medical1, and Cone6.
>
> I attempted to compile in python support.  I cannot tell if this was
> done properly however.  If I type
> [ VTK-build/bin] $ vtkpython
>
> I get
> vtk version 5.0.4, vtk source  rather than the expected 5.2.  Is this
> correct?
>
> If I type [ VTK-build/bin]$ ./vtkpython  I get
>
> ./vtkpython: error while loading shared libraries: libvtkViews.so.5.2:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
>
> There is a libvtkViews.so.5.2 in the directory...
>
> Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce