[vtkusers] Getting Started Questions

David E DeMarle dave.demarle at kitware.com
Fri Sep 5 15:09:56 EDT 2008 

The detailed test results end up in being placed in
Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log. If you add "-V" to the ctest command,
the same information will be shown on the screen.

As Mike suggested, you should look at that and figure out "why" the
tests are failing.

ctest -I N,N,
will run just the N'th test.

cheers,
Dave DeMarle


On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:03 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> ctest -R "^TestName$"
> in the build directory will run just tests that match the regular expression
> "^TestName$"
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Labitt, Bruce <labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I just tried your suggestion.  We are getting a little closer.  Now 7%
>> of the tests pass vs 4% before.
>>
>> The first 19 tests pass, then it gets a bit patchy.  I notice that lots
>> of python related tests fail.
>>
>> -Bruce
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Jackson [mailto:mike.jackson at bluequartz.net]
>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:35 PM
>> To: Labitt, Bruce
>> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
>> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Getting Started Questions
>>
>> Someone else can chime in here but I think there is a way to just run
>> one test. What you need to do is run one test that fails and figure
>> out _why_ it failed. Did it fail because it couldn't find the
>> libraries? or did it fail because OpenGL or the Window Manager mucked
>> things up?
>>
>> Try this?
>>
>> in your terminal (assuming bash) "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
>> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/me/VTK-build/bin"
>>
>> and then try "make test" again.
>>
>> If everything goes just fine, then "make install" will install
>> everything into the "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" location which is probably /
>> usr/local. If you want to "sandbox" the installation change the
>> "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" to /usr/local/vtk-5.2 and build again.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Labitt, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> > I just did everything all over again.  It appeared that make
>> > completed.
>> > [100%] Built target VTKExamplesTarget is the last line.
>> >
>> > However, make test results in 4% of tests passing - all others fail.
>> > This is the same as before.  I did not use RPATH.
>> >
>> > I'm trying again - maybe I messed something up.  I started with a
>> > blank
>> > VTK-build directory again.
>> >
>> > If [VTK-build] $ make        completed, then
>> > [VTK-build] $ make test      should work if all is good?
>> >
>> > If make test is good then I do sudo make install, yes?
>> >
>> > -Bruce
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: David E DeMarle [mailto:dave.demarle at kitware.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:25 AM
>> > To: Labitt, Bruce
>> > Cc: Mike Jackson; vtkusers at vtk.org
>> > Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Getting Started Questions
>> >
>> > And unless you did a make install the only thing that configuring and
>> > building vtk would change is the build directory.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Labitt, Bruce
>> > <labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com> wrote:
>> >> I was wondering about make clean.  Doesn't that clean up stuff that
>> > vtk
>> >> may have scattered thru my disk, libraries etc?  I am definitely
>> > blowing
>> >> away VTK-build.
>> >>
>> >> -Bruce
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Mike Jackson [mailto:mike.jackson at bluequartz.net]
>> >> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:04 AM
>> >> To: Labitt, Bruce
>> >> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Getting Started Questions
>> >>
>> >> The surest way to get a complete rebuild is to just blow away
>> >> everything in the VTK-Build directory. Rerun ccmake setting all your
>> >> custom selections that you want. The rebuild.
>> >>
>> >> You can try running cmake ../VTK from the VTK-Build directory and see
>> >> if the newer ATI stuff is picked up. I am not sure how to tell that
>> >> though. I would just blow away and start over. The build is
>> >> relatively
>> >> quick on a newer machine. 15 Minutes or so.
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> Mike Jackson - Principal Software Engineer
>> >> www.bluequartz.net
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Labitt, Bruce wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I originally used ccmake and set "t" for the advanced view.  I did
>> > not
>> >>> use RPATH originally.  In ccmake I set enabling python.
>> >>>
>> >>> BUILD_TESTING is on.  I just did a make test and found that most
>> > tests
>> >>> failed.  Umm, 916 out of 952 tests failed!
>> >>>
>> >>> I just realized that I built vtk BEFORE I installed the ATI3D
>> > drivers.
>> >>> That means I did not have "opengl" stuff installed.  So, do I need
>> >>> to
>> >>> rebuild vtk?  I presume yes.
>> >>>
>> >>> If I need to rebuild, then what do I do?
>> >>>
>> >>> make clean ? to uninstall everything
>> >>>
>> >>> Then delete the contents of /VTK-build
>> >>> and execute
>> >>> [VTK-build]$ env CC=/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/usr/bin/g++ ccmake ../VTK
>> >>>
>> >>> This is because I want to do a out-of-source build.
>> >>>
>> >>> Does that sound right?  /VTK has the original files, and /VTKData
>> >>> the
>> >>> data files.
>> >>>
>> >>> Directory Structure
>> >>> /home/me
>> >>> /home/me/VTK   ==> unmolested extracted files
>> >>> /home/me/VTK-build ==> where I want stuff to be built
>> >>> /home/me/VTKData       ==> unmolested data files
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>> -Bruce
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Mike Jackson [mailto:mike.jackson at bluequartz.net]
>> >>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:02 AM
>> >>> To: Labitt, Bruce
>> >>> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
>> >>> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Getting Started Questions
>> >>>
>> >>> Couple ideas, but they may be way off for Linux.
>> >>>  First, use "ccmake" to run the "gui" version of cmake. After that
>> >>> launches press the "t" key to get the advanced view. Scroll down the
>> >>> list and look for VTK_USE_RPATH (I think that is it) and turn that
>> > ON.
>> >>> This allows running VTK apps from the build directory but will stop
>> >>> any type of actual "install" of vtk. This may solve the library
>> >>> loading issues.
>> >>>
>> >>>   Still in ccmake, there is an option to "BUILD_TESTING". Turn this
>> >>> on or make sure it was ON. Type "c" to configure again. Type "g" to
>> >>> generate new makefiles and exit ccmake.
>> >>>  Recompile vtk. If you have a multi-core/multi-processor system use
>> >>> "make -j2" to help speed up the recompile.
>> >>>  After the compilation reaches 100% you can do a "make test" which
>> >>> will run all the tests and report any errors. Simply watch the
>> >>> output
>> >>> for any tests that fail. If they all pass then you have a good
>> >>> build.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hope some of that helps
>> >>> -----
>> >>> Mike
>> >>> www.bluequartz.net
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sep 5, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Labitt, Bruce wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>
>>
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