[vtkusers] VTK 5.6.0 Cmake Errors

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Scott Johnson
<Scott.Johnson at neuwave.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> I’m attempting to move to VTK 5.6.0.  I’m building it on Windows XP with
> Visual Studio 2008 using CMake 2.8.1 and downloaded the vtk-5.6.0.zip file
> from the vtk download page.
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> I can get rid of all the errors and warnings except:
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> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1251 (ADD_SUBDIRECTORY):
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> add_subdirectory not given a binary directory but the given source
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> directory "I:/VTK5.6.0/Utilities" is not a subdirectory of "i:/VTK5.6.0".
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> When specifying an out-of-tree source a binary directory must be explicitly
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> specified.
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> CMake Error at Common/CMakeLists.txt:299 (CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS):
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> Unknown CMake command "CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS".
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> The Utilities folder is present in the VTK5.6.0 directory.  If I move it out
> of the way I run into a number of other errors.  I’ve tried clearing the
> Cache in Cmake, deleting my Binaries directory, … to no avail.  Do I have to
> build the Utilities directory first?
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> Any wisdom would be appreciated.
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Are you trying to build insource meaning the binaries and source are
in the same tree?

John