[vtkusers] Compiling VTK 6.1.0 fails on Red Hat Enterprise GNU/Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)

[Omid]

Hi David,

Thanks for your almost immediate response! As you suggested, I changed
the title and posted the message again.

Omid

Sent from my Emacs

On 03/06/2014 06:13 PM, David Gobbi wrote:
> Hi Omid,
> 
> It's definitely not because your gcc is too old, VTK 6.1 builds just
> fine even with gcc 4.2.
> 
> My best guess is that your system does not have all of the necessary
> -devel packages installed.  I haven't used a redhat-based system in a
> very long time, so I can't tell you exactly what devel packages you
> have to install.
> 
> I suggest that you re-post your question with a subject like "I'm
> trying to install VTK on system X" where "X" is the exact name of
> the linux distro you are using.  That will attract attention of other
> people who use the same distro.
> 
>   David
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Omid <omidlink at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to compile VTK 6.1.0. After configuring with
>>
>> ccmake .
>>
>> with the following configuration
>>
>> BUILD_DOCUMENTATION              OFF
>> BUILD_EXAMPLES                   OFF
>> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS                ON
>> BUILD_TESTING                    OFF
>> CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE                 Debug
>> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX             $OPT
>> EXECINFO_LIB                     EXECINFO_LIB-NOTFOUND
>> VTK_EXTRA_COMPILER_WARNINGS      OFF
>> VTK_Group_Imaging                OFF
>> VTK_Group_MPI                    OFF
>> VTK_Group_Qt                     OFF
>> VTK_Group_Rendering              ON
>> VTK_Group_StandAlone             ON
>> VTK_Group_Tk                     OFF
>> VTK_Group_Views                  OFF
>> VTK_Group_Web                    OFF
>> VTK_SMP_IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE      Sequential
>> VTK_USE_LARGE_DATA               OFF
>> VTK_WRAP_JAVA                    OFF
>> VTK_WRAP_PYTHON                  OFF
>> VTK_WRAP_TCL                     OFF
>>
>> I get the following compile error upon invoking make:
>>
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:544:
>> error: no type named 'difference_type' in 'struct
>> std::iterator_traits<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*>'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:544:
>> error: no type named 'difference_type' in 'struct
>> std::iterator_traits<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*>'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:544:
>> error: no type named 'difference_type' in 'struct
>> std::iterator_traits<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*>'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:544:
>> error: no type named 'difference_type' in 'struct
>> std::iterator_traits<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*>'
>> In file included from
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/vector:64,
>>                  from
>> /panfs/storage.local/genacc/home/ok10c/software/VTK-6.1.0/Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/stl/vector:36,
>>                  from
>> /panfs/storage.local/genacc/home/ok10c/software/VTK-6.1.0/Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/Directory.cxx:20:
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:
>> In static member function 'static _ForwardIterator
>> std::__uninitialized_copy<<anonymous>
>>> ::uninitialized_copy(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator)
>> [with _InputIterator = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*, _ForwardIterator = std::basic_string<char,
>> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*, bool <anonymous> = false]':
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:117:
>>   instantiated from '_ForwardIterator
>> std::uninitialized_copy(_InputIterator, _InputIterator,
>> _ForwardIterator) [with _InputIterator = std::basic_string<char,
>> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*, _ForwardIterator =
>> std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*]'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:257:
>>   instantiated from '_ForwardIterator
>> std::__uninitialized_copy_a(_InputIterator, _InputIterator,
>> _ForwardIterator, std::allocator<_Tp>&) [with _InputIterator =
>> std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*,
>> _ForwardIterator = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*, _Tp = std::basic_string<char,
>> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >]'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:267:
>>   instantiated from '_ForwardIterator
>> std::__uninitialized_move_a(_InputIterator, _InputIterator,
>> _ForwardIterator, _Allocator&) [with _InputIterator =
>> std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >*,
>> _ForwardIterator = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >*, _Allocator =
>> std::allocator<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> > >]'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/vector.tcc:338:
>>   instantiated from 'void std::vector<_Tp,
>> _Alloc>::_M_insert_aux(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<typename
>> std::_Vector_base<_Tp, _Alloc>::_Tp_alloc_type::pointer,
>> std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc> >, const _Tp&) [with _Tp =
>> std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >,
>> _Alloc = std::allocator<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> > >]'
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_vector.h:741:
>>   instantiated from 'void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::push_back(const
>> _Tp&) [with _Tp = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
>> std::allocator<char> >, _Alloc = std::allocator<std::basic_string<char,
>> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >]'
>> /panfs/storage.local/genacc/home/ok10c/software/VTK-6.1.0/Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/Directory.cxx:226:
>>   instantiated from here
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../include/c++/4.4.6/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:74:
>> error: no matching function for call to 'operator new(long unsigned int,
>> void*)'
>> <built-in>:0: note: candidates are: void* operator new(long unsigned int)
>> make[2]: ***
>> [Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/CMakeFiles/vtksys.dir/Directory.cxx.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/CMakeFiles/vtksys.dir/all] Error 2
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> I thought the reason could be that the gcc compiler is too old (4.4.6)
>> and may not support some of the newer language features (like new). I
>> installed the latest stable gcc (4.8.2) and tried instructing ccmake
>> to use the new gcc using
>>
>> env CC=$(which gcc) CXX=$(which gcc) ccmake .
>>
>> or
>>
>> CC=$(which gcc) CXX=$(which gcc) ccmake .
>>
>> where $(which gcc) returns the path to the new gcc. But the output and
>> the errors are still the same (referring to gcc 4.4.6). It looks like
>> the new gcc is not picked up by ccmake. Doing a find grep, I don't
>> see where the CC or CXX variables may have been set (they are not in
>> the Makefile). Any help towards solving this is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Omid