[vtkusers] What are the meanings of all VTK configuration parameters?

JIA Pei jp4work at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 20:49:05 EST 2009 

Hi, all:

Compilation error message on TDX as follows.
What is TDX for? and where about can I find TDX related package under Ubuntu
9.10?

Cheers
JIA


/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:23:54: error:
xdrvlib.h: No such file or directory
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx: In member
function ‘void
vtkTDxUnixDevice::Initialize()’:

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:123: error:
‘MagellanInit’ was not declared in this
scope

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx: In member
function ‘virtual void
vtkTDxUnixDevice::Close()’:

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:139: error:
‘MagellanClose’ was not declared in this
scope

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx: In member
function ‘bool vtkTDxUnixDevice::ProcessEvent(const
XEvent*)’:

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:160: error:
‘MagellanFloatEvent’ was not declared in this
scope

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:160: error:
expected ‘;’ before ‘info’
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:164: error:
‘info’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:166: error:
‘MagellanTranslateEvent’ was not declared in this
scope

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:177: error:
‘MagellanInputMotionEvent’ was not declared in this
scope

/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:179: error:
‘MagellanRemoveMotionEvents’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:180: error:
‘MagellanX’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:181: error:
‘MagellanY’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:186: error:
‘MagellanZ’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:188: error:
‘MagellanA’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:189: error:
‘MagellanB’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:192: error:
‘MagellanC’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:211: error:
‘MagellanInputButtonPressEvent’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:218: error:
‘MagellanInputButtonReleaseEvent’ was not declared in this scope
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx: In member
function ‘void vtkTDxUnixDevice::SetSensitivity(double)’:
/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/Rendering/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx:243: error:
‘MagellanApplicationSensitivity’ was not declared in this scope
make[2]: *** [Rendering/CMakeFiles/vtkRendering.dir/vtkTDxUnixDevice.cxx.o]
Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/build'
make[1]: *** [Rendering/CMakeFiles/vtkRendering.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jiapei/Tools/CV/vtk/VTK/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2






On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:32 AM, JIA Pei <jp4work at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi, all:
>
> Sorry for my newbie questions. Hope this won't disturb you.
>
> I'm trying to build current VTK cvs (wondering why there is no svn or git
> support ?? ), say VTK cvs 12/09/2009 .
>
> However, I really wanna make myself understand all the meanings of
> configuration parameters before I go on for compilation.
> So, I enumerate some of the doubtful parameters down here, and a detailed
> explanation is extremely expected.
>
>
>
> CMAKE_HP_PTHREADS                OFF                         // what is
> HP_PTHREADS ??  It seems there are several types of pthreads.
> CMAKE_USE_SPROC                  OFF                           // yes,
> sorry, till now, I've got no idea what is SPROC ? what for? See this many
> times in various packages
>
> FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR
> FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
> // using Ubuntu 9.10, it looks like VTK only supports FFMPEG <= 0.5. the
> default FFMPEG in current Ubuntu 9.10 now doesn't afford an single "include"
> directory.
>
>  FFMPEG_dc1394_LIBRARY            FFMPEG_dc1394_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND
>  FFMPEG_dts_LIBRARY               FFMPEG_dts_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND
> // why FFMPEG_dc1394 and FFMPEG_dts?  I installed libdc1394-22-dev , but it
> seems this has nothing to do with FFMPEG ???
>
>  MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND              MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND-NOTFOUND
> // Couldn't find any package related to MEMORYCHECK ? which package is
> required for this package?
>
> OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR         OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
> // strange tha under Ubuntu 9.10, this can not be found.
> All mesa related packages have been installed including
> libgl1-mesa-dev
> libglu1-mesa-dev
> libglw1-mesa-dev
> libosmesa6-dev
> mesa-common-dev
> xlibmesa-gl-dev
> xlibmesa-glu
>
> Only except package "libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev". However, if I tick this up,
> package "ubuntu-desktop" will be removed, as well as some conflicted mesa
> packages listed above.
> So, what is "OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR" for?
>
>
>  LIBPROJ4_INCLUDE_DIR             LIBPROJ4_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
>  LIBPROJ4_LIBRARIES               LIBPROJ4_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND
> // In fact, I installed libproj-dev from current Ubuntu 9.10 repository.
> But,
>
>
>  PROJ_LIST_EXTERNAL               OFF
>  PROJ_USE_GSL                     OFF
>  PROJ_USE_PTHREADS                OFF
> // What are these three choices for? If I picked ON for any of the three, I
> will obtain the following error message:
>  CMake Error at Utilities/vtklibproj4/CMakeLists.txt:28 (message):
>    You may not define both PROJ_LIST_EXTERNAL and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.  Turn
> one
>    off and re-run CMake.
> Therefore, it's better I turn off these 3 choices right?
>
>  VERDICT_BUILD_DOC                OFF
>  VERDICT_ENABLE_TESTING           OFF
>  VERDICT_MANGLE                   ON
>  VERDICT_MANGLE_PREFIX            vtk
>  VERDICT_USE_FLOAT                OFF
> // What are VERDICT for? Always meet this in many packages.  Something is
> even more strange. If I enable "VERDICT_ENABLE_TESTING           ON", after
> the configuration, it will be automatically change back to
> "VERDICT_ENABLE_TESTING           OFF" !!! Amazing.... The same thing
> happens to "VERDICT_USE_FLOAT                OFF" as well.
>
> VLI_LIBRARY_FOR_VP1000           VLI_LIBRARY_FOR_VP1000-NOTFOUND
> // what is this for? It seems nothing is related with this choice in Ubuntu
> 9.10?
>
>
>  X11_XTest_LIB                    X11_XTest_LIB-NOTFOUND
>  X11_Xaccessrules_INCLUDE_PATH    X11_Xaccessrules_INCLUDE_PATH-NOTFOUND
> // Strange that in ubuntu 9.10, these 2 packages are not able to be found.
> What are these 2 packages for?
>
>
>
> Finally, I really hope all VTK_  settings can be carefully explained
> because all these parameters are specifically for VTK !!
> Here, I enumerate all I'm interested in as follows:
>
>  VTK_LARGE_DATA_ROOT              VTK_LARGE_DATA_ROOT-NOTFOUND
> // what is LARGE_DATA?  is it VTKData? My directory tree is just like
> some folder
> ----------- VTK
> ----------- VTKData
> How should I arrange these 2 directories "VTK" and "VTKData"?
>
> VTK_LEGACY_REMOVE                OFF
>  VTK_LEGACY_SILENT                OFF
> // What are VTK_LEGACY for?
>
>  VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA            OFF
> // what is OSMESA? what's the relationship between opengl and osmesa?
>
>  VTK_TESTING_USE_FPE              ON
> // what does FPE refer to??
>  VTK_TESTING_USE_LOCALE           OFF
> // what does LOCALE refer to?
>
>  VTK_USE_FFMPEG_ENCODER           OFF
> // As you may see above, FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR
> FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND , so it's better for me to turn off
> VTK_USE_FFMPEG_ENCODER  .
>
> VTK_USE_MANGLED_MESA             OFF
> // OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR         OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND , so
> it seems i'd better turn off VTK_USE_MANGLED_MESA
>
> VTK_USE_MPEG2_ENCODER            OFF
> // This seems to be specific for vtkmpeg2encode, right?
> which one should be installed first? vtk or vtkmpeg2encode? why not afford
> a standard installation for vtkmpeg2encode?  Or just integrate VTK and
> vtkmpeg2encode??
>
>  VTK_USE_TDX                      ON
> // What is TDX for?
>  VTK_USE_TEXT_ANALYSIS            ON
> // What is TEXT_ANALYSIS for?
>
>  VTK_USE_VOLUMEPRO_1000           OFF
> // What is VOLUMEPRO_1000?
>
>
> Hope anybody can afford a detailed explanation on all the above VTK
> configuration settings.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> Best Regards
> JIA Pei
>
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