[vtkusers] [vtk-developers] building vtk 6.1 with qt 5.2.1

[Petar Petrov]

Thanks alot for the links will try to follow.
And the policy trick truly came handy. Thanks.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Andrew Maclean
<andrew.amaclean at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Petar
>
>    Here are some notes that I use, applicable to Windows, Linux and Macs and
> VTK 6.x:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Allow VTK to build against Qt5
> Since VTK build system has been updated to make use of CMake macros
> specific to Qt5, the support has to explicitly enable configuring VTK
> with -DVTK_QT_VERSION:STRING="5"
>
> Additionally, in case Qt5 is not installed in a standard location,
> a custom prefix for "find_package" should be passed.
>
> You should set these environment variables:
>
> On Mac OS X Mavericks:
>   export QTDIR=~/Qt/5.3/clang_64
>   PATH=$QTDIR/bin/:$PATH
>   export PATH
>
> On Linux (if you have installed Qt):
>   export QTDIR=~/Qt/5.3/gcc_64
>   PATH=$QTDIR/bin/:$PATH
>   export PATH
>
> On Windows:
>   QTDIR=C:\Qt\Qt5.3\msvc2012_64_opengl
>   CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows
> Kits/8.0/Lib/win8/um/x64
>   PATH=%QTDIR%\bin:%PATH%
>   For VS2013 set:
>   QTDIR=C:\Qt\Qt5.3\msvc2013_64_opengl
>   CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows
> Kits/8.1/Lib/winv6.3/um/x64
>   PATH=%QTDIR%\bin:%PATH%
>
> In the case of Windows and Mac OSX Mavericks:
> If QTDIR is set and %QTDIR%\bin is added to the system path you do not need
>  to set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH for the QT directory. However in the case of
> Windows
>  you can set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to where the OpenGL libraries are stored,
> thus
>  removing the need to manually set it each time a new CMake file is
> generated.
>
> On Windows:
>   If you are using OpenGL:
>   For VS2012:
>   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows
> Kits/8.0/Lib/win8/um/x64
>   For VS2013:
>   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows
> Kits/8.1/Lib/winv6.3/um/x64
>
>
> See:
> https://github.com/Kitware/VTK/commit/384636ec9f442db83c8b827d7eabc7ada9ef8d35
> and: http://scriptogr.am/davidok8/post/building-and-using-qt-5-with-cmake
>
>
> When using Windows, you may need to Eliminate a warning when building in
> Windows
>  that relates to static linking of Qt executables to qtmain.lib.
>  This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.8.11. CMake version 2.8.11.2
>  warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior.
>
> Just do this:
>
> if(POLICY CMP0020)
>   cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
> endif()
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>     Andrew
>
>
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Petar Petrov <pip010 at gmail.com>
>> To: "vtk-developers at vtk.org" <vtk-developers at vtk.org>, "vtkusers at vtk.org"
>> <vtkusers at vtk.org>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:34:24 +0200
>> Subject: [vtk-developers] building vtk 6.1 with qt 5.2.1
>> there are instructions for building what i want:
>> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Configure_and_Build
>> however i face issues with glut32 not found. similar to :
>> http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/30006/
>> I do have win sdk 8 installed, followed all instruction but still
>> CMAKE complains:
>>
>> CMake Error at
>> G:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64_opengl/lib/cmake/Qt5Gui/Qt5GuiConfigExtras.cmake:16
>> (message):
>> Failed to find "glu32" in "" with CMAKE_CXX_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE "".
>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>>
>> G:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64_opengl/lib/cmake/Qt5Gui/Qt5GuiConfigExtras.cmake:52
>> (_qt5gui_find_extra_libs)
>>
>> G:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64_opengl/lib/cmake/Qt5Gui/Qt5GuiConfig.cmake:152
>> (include)
>>
>> G:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64_opengl/lib/cmake/Qt5Widgets/Qt5WidgetsConfig.cmake:94
>> (find_package)
>> GUISupport/Qt/CMakeLists.txt:58 (find_package)
>>
>>
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>
>
>
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>
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