[vtkusers] How to install vtk5.10.1 on windows 8 please???

[Gib Bogle]

You are requesting VTK to build with GUI support for Qt.  What version of Qt do 
you have installed?

On 28/08/2013 2:41 a.m., Greg Hanowski wrote:
>
> //
>
> [i try since a moment to install vtk5.10.1 on my new operating system windows 
> 8 but it doesn't work. Somebody know how i can do it please?]
>
> //
>
> /André,/
>
> I am having the same problem.  Here is a few things I learned but I'm still 
> not there yet.
>
> After many hours of reading and trial and error I am finally making a little 
> progress.  After I get this all figured out I will document properly and post 
> so other newbies don't have to go through this hell.
>
> cmake is installed (see the README.html file in the main VTK folder).  Visual 
> Studio Express 2012 is installed.
>
> Run cmake.
>
> I enter C:/Program Files (x86)/VTK6.0.0 for the "Where is the source code" 
> field.  I enter C:/Users/Greg/Documents/VTK for the "Where to build the 
> binaries" field.   (It took me a long time to figure out that you can't put 
> that directory anywhere in Program Files as Windows 8 prevents apps from 
> writing there.)
>
> When I click the Configure button cmake finds the compiler and runs for a long 
> time.  I check all the boxes for items in red and click Configure button 
> again.  It finally fails due to some issue with VTK_WRAP_TCL and 
> VTK_Group_MPI.  I uncheck those and click the configure button again.  Then it 
> fails with:
>
> CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1382 (message):
>
> Found unsuitable Qt version "" from NOTFOUND, this code requires Qt 4.x
>
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>
> GUISupport/Qt/CMakeLists.txt:57 (find_package)
>
> Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>
> I have not been able to get past this point.
>
> Please post your solution to the group if you get it to work.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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Dr. Gib Bogle
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Auckland Bioengineering Institute
University of Auckland
New Zealand

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