[vtkusers] Odd Qt-ITK-VTK situation

[Cory Quammen]

Gib,

Are you sure you didn't build ITK on the system that is behaving oddly
with the VTK "glue" module enabled? That's the only thing I can think
of that might explain the linker's complaint.

Thanks,
Cory

On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Gib Bogle <g.bogle at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> Sorry about replying to my own question...
>
> I have discovered that uncommenting these previously commented lines in
> CMakeLists.txt allows the build to complete on the laptop:
>
> IF(NOT VTK_BINARY_DIR)
>
> FIND_PACKAGE(VTK)
>
> IF(NOT VTK_DIR)
>
>   MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Please set VTK_DIR.")
>
> ENDIF(NOT VTK_DIR)
>
> INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})
>
> ENDIF(NOT VTK_BINARY_DIR)
>
> I have no idea why these lines are necessary on one computer but not on
> another.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org [vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] on behalf of Gib
> Bogle [g.bogle at auckland.ac.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, 8 December 2013 7:13 a.m.
> To: vtkusers at vtk.org
> Subject: [vtkusers] Odd Qt-ITK-VTK situation
>
> This problem involves VTK in a peculiar way.  I have a Qt+ITK application
> that I build 64-bit with MSVC2010 on Windows 7.  The build is successful on
> two PCs, but fails on a laptop.  The error message is:
> LINK1181: cannot open input file 'vtkCommon.lib'
>
> The program does not use VTK, and nowhere in CMakeLists.txt is VTK
> mentioned.  In addition, I have ensured that the path to the 64-bit VTK
> libraries is in the PATH list.
>
> As far as I can see the build conditions on the different machines are the
> same - same compiler, same ITK build, same Qt64 build, same QtCreator
> version - but there is a difference in what I see in QtCreator that may have
> significance.  On a PC that is successful in building the program, under the
> project name in the project directory I see CMakeLists.txt, a directory
> named "Project Files" with a subdirectory "ITK", and the source code files.
> On the laptop I see CMakeLists.txt, two directories, "CMake 2.8" and "ITK",
> and the source files.  I do not understand why "CMake 2.8" turns up in the
> project directory on the laptop but not on the PC.
>
> I'd be grateful if somebody could shed some light on this odd and annoying
> problem.
>
> Gib
>
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