[vtkusers] CMAKE error (please help)

Thu Oct 20 12:04:24 EDT 2011

I think I found the error. Problem is that I had installed python 3
and python 2 and cmake is using python 3 by default in arch so I need
to set PYTHON_EXECUTABLE in cmake to the correct python version.

On 10/20/11, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some part of the configuration process is corrupting your
> CMakeCache.txt.  Load your CMakeCache into a text editor and search
> for the offending text "print apply(get_install_path, sys.argv[1:])".
> Manually replace the offending text with the correct information (i.e.
> with whatever that cmake variable should actually be set to).  report
> your findings back here, and hopefully one of the developers will look
> into the issue more deeply.
>
>  - David
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao
> <jmrbcu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> no one here use archlinux?
>>
>> On 10/20/11, Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao <jmrbcu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> well, those errors are from a fresh configure, so, the build directory
>>> is empty whe the configure process start.
>>>
>>> On 10/20/11, Jothybasu Selvaraj <jothybasu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Have you deleted the cmake cache (in the File menu). The build freshly.
>>>>
>>>> Jothy
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao <
>>>> jmrbcu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks, I am trying to build VTK from git using CMake v2.8.6 in
>>>>> archlinux and using this options:
>>>>>
>>>>> -DCPACK_SOURCE_TGZ:BOOL="0"
>>>>> -DSIP_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="/usr/include/python2.7"
>>>>> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="/home/jmrbcu/.local"
>>>>> -DCPACK_BINARY_TZ:BOOL="0" -DCPACK_SOURCE_TBZ2:BOOL="0"
>>>>> -DCPACK_BINARY_TGZ:BOOL="1"
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY:STRING="2.4"
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="Release" -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON_SIP:BOOL="1"
>>>>> -DVTK_USE_QT:BOOL="1" -DVTK_DATA_ROOT:PATH="VTK_DATA_ROOT-NOTFOUND"
>>>>> -DCPACK_BINARY_STGZ:BOOL="0" -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL="0"
>>>>> -DSIP_PYQT_DIR:PATH="/usr/share/sip/PyQt4" -DCPACK_SOURCE_TZ:BOOL="0"
>>>>> -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL="1" -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL="1"
>>>>> -DVTK_USE_QVTK_QTOPENGL:BOOL="1"
>>>>>
>>>>> but the configure proccess using the gui (cmake-gui) give me these
>>>>> errors:
>>>>>
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: print apply(get_install_path, sys.argv[1:])
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: ^
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: print apply(get_install_path, sys.argv[1:])
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: ^
>>>>> CMake Error: Parse error in cache file
>>>>> /home/jmrbcu/installs/linux/development/imagis/vtk/build/CMakeCache.txt.
>>>>> Offending entry: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>>>
>>>>> I had build vtk successfully in ubuntu 11.04 and other distros
>>>>> (including archlinux) but now I have no clue, any suggestions please?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao
>>>>> Centro de Biofisica Medica
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>>> mismo.
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jothybasu K Selvaraj
>>>> PhD Student
>>>> University of Liverpool
>>>> Liverpool,UK
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao
>>> Centro de Biofisica Medica
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Todos somos muy ignorantes, lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos lo
>>> mismo.
>>>
>>> Recuerda: El arca de Noe fue construida por aficionados, el titanic
>>> por profesionales
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao
>> Centro de Biofisica Medica
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Todos somos muy ignorantes, lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos lo
>> mismo.
>>
>> Recuerda: El arca de Noe fue construida por aficionados, el titanic
>> por profesionales
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> _______________________________________________
>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>
>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
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-- 
Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao
Centro de Biofisica Medica
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Todos somos muy ignorantes, lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos lo mismo.

Recuerda: El arca de Noe fue construida por aficionados, el titanic
por profesionales
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