[vtkusers] Mac OS X 10.5.6: Compiling VTK 5.2.1 with X11 and Tcl

[Martin Costabel]

Michael Rullmann wrote:
> 
> Hey list,
> 
> 
> I try to compile VTK  with X11 and Tcl support to be able to use KWWidgets and the vtkInria3D Add-Ons.
> But I get stuck at 96%:
> 
> Scanning dependencies of target vtk
> [ 96%] Building CXX object Wrapping/Tcl/CMakeFiles/vtk.dir/vtkTkAppInit.o
> Linking CXX executable ../../bin/vtk
> Undefined symbols:
>   "_glXGetCurrentContext", referenced from:
>       vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow::MakeCurrent()       in libvtkRendering.a(vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.o)
>       vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow::MakeCurrent()       in libvtkRendering.a(vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.o)
>       vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow::MakeCurrent()       in libvtkRendering.a(vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.o)
[]

> It seems to be a problem with OpenGL, which is set as following in cmake:
> 
> OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR               /usr/X11R6/include
> OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY                /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework
> OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY               /System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework
> OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR         /usr/X11R6/include

You want

OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY  		"-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL"
OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY		"-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGLU"

The framework GL libraries are pulled in automatically by their X11 
counterparts.

-- 
Martin