[vtkusers] vtk building

[Dženan Zukić]

Do you have some make tool which can process unix makefiles? That is not
common on windows. On windows one usually uses VisualStudio or
VisualStudioExpress (freely downloadable). And use default compiler? That
makes no sense on windows.

Regards,
Dženan

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 13:03, Luca Cinquepalmi <cinquepalmi at planetek.it>wrote:

>  Hi,
> I tried to build VTK 5.6 with GUI CMake. I used Unix Makefile generator and
> I set  "use defaul compiler". I also set:
>
> Where is the source code: C:/VTK56
> Where to build the binaries:  C:/VTKBin56
>
> When i tampe the "Configure" button, it starts with no error, but suddenly
> an error occurs. These are the messages that appear:
>
> The C compiler identification is unknown
> The CXX compiler identification is unknown
> Check for working C compiler: C:/cygwin/bin/gcc.exe
> Check for working C compiler: C:/cygwin/bin/gcc.exe -- works
> Detecting C compiler ABI info
> Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
> Check for working CXX compiler: C:/cygwin/bin/c++.exe
> Check for working CXX compiler: C:/cygwin/bin/c++.exe -- works
> Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
> Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - failed
> Performing Test Support for 64 bit file systems
> Performing Test Support for 64 bit file systems - Success
> Looking for sys/types.h
> Looking for sys/types.h - found
> Looking for stdint.h
> Looking for stdint.h - found
> Looking for stddef.h
> Looking for stddef.h - found
> Check size of int
> Check size of int - failed
> Check size of long
> Check size of long - failed
> Check size of void*
> Check size of void* - failed
> Check size of char
> Check size of char - failed
> Check size of short
> Check size of short - failed
> Check size of float
> Check size of float - failed
> Check size of double
> Check size of double - failed
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_LIMITS_H
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_LIMITS_H - found
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_UNISTD_H
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_UNISTD_H - found
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_PTHREAD_H
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_PTHREAD_H - found
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
> Looking for include files CMAKE_HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H - not found.
> Check if the system is big endian
> Searching 16 bit integer
> Check size of unsigned short
> Check size of unsigned short - failed
> Check size of unsigned int
> Check size of unsigned int - failed
> Check size of unsigned long
> Check size of unsigned long - failed
> CMake Error at C:/Programmi/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/TestBigEndian.cmake:44 (MESSAGE):
>  no suitable type found
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMake/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake:31 (TEST_BIG_ENDIAN)
>  CMakeLists.txt:428 (INCLUDE)
>
>
>  I don't uderstand how can I solve this error. Can you help me? Thank you a
> lot.
>
> Luca
>
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