[vtkusers] Problem in compiling vtk for ReadPLY example on windows

[Agam Sarup]

Was able to find a workaround.

Thanks,
Agam


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Agam Sarup <agamsarup at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am trying to compile vtk with an example(ReadPLY) program and following
> the instructions from the link
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/IO/ReadPLY
>
> Since i am doing this on windows, i had to do some things differently.
> I ran the following instructions from ReadPLY folder in Visual Studio
> Command Prompt (2010).
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> *cd buildcmake
> -DVTK_DIR:PATH=C:\git\VES\Apps\Android\CMakeBuild\build\CMakeExternals\Build\vtk-host
> -G "NMake Makefiles" .. nmake(WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE:* Be sure to add
> the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run
> time.)
> I have also made sure that the above requirement is fulfilled.
>
> After running *cmake* the Makefile gets generated but when i run *nmake*i get the following output:
>
> C:\Users\user\workspace\vtkExamples\ReadPLY\build>nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 10.00.30319.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> Scanning dependencies of target ReadPLY
> [100%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/ReadPLY.dir/ReadPLY.cxx.obj
> ReadPLY.cxx
> NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make
> 'C:\git\VES\Apps\Android\CMake
> Build\build\CMakeExternals\Build\vtk-host\lib\vtkalglib-6.0.lib'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 10.0
> \VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 10.0
> \VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
>
> There is no library named *vtkalglib-6.0.lib *in directory
> C:\git\VES\Apps\Android\CMakeBuild\build\CMakeExternals\Build\vtk-host\lib\
>
> I don't understand what to do next. Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Agam
>
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