[vtkusers] Need help installing VTK on Linux

[Gestuality us]

Hi David,

Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried installing mesa-common-dev (which I got from
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/xorg-edgers/precise/main/base/mesa-common-dev)
and I got the following error:

$ sudo dpkg -i
mesa-common-dev_9.1~git20121110.c6f426c0-0ubuntu0ricotz~precise_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package mesa-common-dev.
(Reading database ... 32420 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mesa-common-dev (from
mesa-common-dev_9.1~git20121110.c6f426c0-0ubuntu0ricotz~precise_i386.deb)
...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mesa-common-dev:
 mesa-common-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
  Package libx11-dev is not installed.
 mesa-common-dev depends on libdrm-dev; however:
  Package libdrm-dev is not installed.
*dpkg: error processing mesa-common-dev (--install):*
* dependency problems - leaving unconfigured*
*Errors were encountered while processing:*
* mesa-common-dev*


Can you please tell me what the problem is?
Is there something else I need to install before installing Mesa?

Thanks,
Shripad D



On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Gestuality us <600gestures at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Linux and I am having a tough time installing VTK on my
>> computer.
>> I downloaded the tar file and after untar, i gave a %ccmake VTK5.10.1/
>> and then i gave "c" to configure. I got the following error:
>>
>> " CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they
>> are set to NOTFOUND.
>>  Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the
>> CMake files:
>>  OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR (ADVANCED)"
>>
>> and new commands are not available to me (like generate).
>> I am a first time VTK user and need some hand-holding.
>> Some help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gestuality Team
>>
>
> It sounds like you don't have OpenGL development packages installed on
> your system. Try installing the mesa-common-dev (for Ubuntu, or the
> equivalent for other distributions).
>
> David
>
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