[vtkusers] About the version number

[Wenlong Wang]

Hi David,

Just as you said, there are missing function errors happening. I'm already
working on the re-installation and re-configuration.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes
Wenlong


2011/10/24 David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com>

> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Wenlong Wang <scc.wwl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I'm running an example from Kitware website. At the beginning of the
> > example, it says "You need the git version of VTK from 10/12/2010 or
> later
> > to use this functionality. "
> >
> > My current version number is VTK 5.6. Does that mean I have to download
> > VTK5.8? It's time consuming to install the new package and reconfigure
> it.
> > So I really don't want to do unless it is necessary.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Wenlong
>
> You'd have to check the release dates. I think this is a good way:
> https://github.com/Kitware/VTK/tags
>
> So it does look like 10/12/2010 occured after the 5.6 tag, so you
> would most likely need 5.8. You could try it with 5.6, but most likely
> you will get missing function errors.
>
> David
>
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