[vtkusers] What are the meanings of all VTK configuration parameters?
Francois Bertel
francois.bertel at kitware.com
Wed Dec 9 21:20:40 EST 2009
Hello,
All the options have a description. if you use ccmake, there is a line
at the end of the terminal displaying the description. If you use
cmake-gui, you see the description when you mouse-over the option.
There is no such thing as a Ubuntu TDX package, you have to get the
SDK from 3D Connexion and on Linux it is rather a complicated step:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/VTK/3DConnexion_Devices_Support#Install_the_3DConnexion_SDK
Regards
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:49 PM, JIA Pei <jp4work at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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