[vtkusers] Build error for vtk-5.10.1

[David Gobbi]

Hi Tanweer,

I suspect that you are missing some of the ubuntu dev packages.
For libGL.so, get libgl1-mesa-dev:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev

 - David



On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:04 PM, TANWEER RASHID <trash001 at odu.edu> wrote:
> Sorry about that. I accidentally sent before I could finish.
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to build VTK-5.10.1, but I keep getting an error.
> My OS is 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 running on Intel i7. I am trying to build
> shared libs. When I build static libs, I don't encounter any problems.
>
> During Cmake configuration, I am getting the following warnings (for both
> static and shared):
>
> The target name
> "/home/trash001/Downloads/VTK5.10.1-build/Utilities/vtkhdf5/H5Edefin.h" is
> unknown in this context.
> This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
>
> CMake Warning (dev) at Utilities/vtkhdf5/src/CMakeLists.txt:614
> (ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND):
> Policy CMP0040 is not set: The target in the TARGET signature of
> add_custom_command() must exist. Run "cmake --help-policy CMP0040" for
> policy details. Use the cmake_policy command to set the policy and
> suppress this warning.
>
> The target name
> "/home/trash001/Downloads/VTK5.10.1-build/Utilities/vtkhdf5/H5version.h" is
> unknown in this context.
> This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
>
> CMake Warning (dev) at Utilities/vtkhdf5/src/CMakeLists.txt:621
> (ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND):
> Policy CMP0040 is not set: The target in the TARGET signature of
> add_custom_command() must exist. Run "cmake --help-policy CMP0040" for
> policy details. Use the cmake_policy command to set the policy and
> suppress this warning.
>
> The target name
> "/home/trash001/Downloads/VTK5.10.1-build/Utilities/vtkhdf5/H5overflow.h"
> is unknown in this context.
> This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
>
> Could not find extension loader. Extensions disabled.
>
> Configuring done
>
>
>
>
> The build error (for building shared libs) is as follows:
>
> [ 30%] Built target vtkEncodeString
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTBitmapGlyph.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTBitmapGlyphRenderOpenGL.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTCharmap.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTFace.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTFont.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGLBitmapFont.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGLBitmapFontRenderOpenGL.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGLPixmapFont.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGLPixmapFontRenderOpenGL.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGlyph.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTGlyphContainer.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTLibrary.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTPixmapGlyph.cpp.o
> [ 30%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTPixmapGlyphRenderOpenGL.cpp.o
> [ 31%] Building CXX object
> Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/src/FTSize.cpp.o
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so',
> needed by `bin/libvtkftgl.so.5.10.1'.  Stop.
> make[1]: *** [Utilities/ftgl/CMakeFiles/vtkftgl.dir/all] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> trash001 at MSVEDE09:~/Downloads/VTK5.10.1-build$
>
>
>
> --
> Tanweer Rashid
> MSVE Dept.
> Old Dominion University