[vtkusers] VTK on MAC OS X 10.6

Michael Jackson mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Wed Sep 1 16:51:34 EDT 2010


sudo make install. You may be an "administrator" but you run in  
"normal" mode most of the time. This is a case where you need to use  
the "sudo" command in order to elevate your privs to root.
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Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer       mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software               Dayton, Ohio



On Sep 1, 2010, at 4:41 PM, mongoose54 wrote:

>
> Thanks for the reply! I followed the instructions on your website  
> but when I
> run "make install" this is the error that comes up:
>
>
> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:31 (FILE):
>  file cannot create directory: /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.6.  Maybe need
>  administrative privileges.
>
> I am the administrator. Any clues? Have you tried to install VTK on  
> Mac OS X
> 10.6?
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