[vtkusers] [FORGED] Re: Why there is no FindVTK.cmake in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH

Tue Mar 1 10:00:42 EST 2016

Andrew,

If you haven't gotten it configured yet, it is probably best if I just walk
you through it in a v-con. Send me a google hangout, Skype or FaceTime
invitation off off list please. You will need to be able to share your
desktop with me.

cheers

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Gib Bogle <g.bogle at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> I use VTK and cmake on Windows.  I have VTK installed thus:
> C:\VTK-VS10
> C:\VTK-VS10\bin
> C:\VTK-VS10\include
> C:\VTK-VS10\lib
> and I have set VTK_DIR as an environment variable:
> C:\VTK-VS10
> i.e. as the directory under which the bin, include and lib subdirectories
> are to be found.
> Setting VTK_DIR in CMakeLists.txt in my case would be
> SET(VTK_DIR C:/VTK-VS10)
> For my money, cmake is the best way to set up the VS project files.
>
> Cheers, Gib
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* vtkusers [vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] on behalf of cfd new via
> vtkusers [vtkusers at vtk.org]
> *Sent:* Sunday, 28 February 2016 9:44 a.m.
> *To:* Nie, Andrew (MU-Student); David Gobbi
> *Cc:* vtkusers at vtk.org
> *Subject:* [FORGED] Re: [vtkusers] Why there is no FindVTK.cmake in
> CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
>
> This is what I said. In your vtk build, these files are not there on
> Windows. On Linux they are available.
> On Windows, you do not need cmake for build the examples. I do not use
> cmake in my VS applications either.
>
>    Joe
>
>
> On Saturday, February 27, 2016 12:20 PM, "Nie, Andrew (MU-Student)" <
> znhc5 at mail.missouri.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Dear David,
>
> I set VTK_DIR as you said. But it still cannot work. Please the screenshot
> below:
>
>
>
>
> *Nie, Zhengwei Andrew*
> *Ph.D Candidate*
> *Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering*
> *University of Missouri*
> *573-239-6981 <573-239-6981>*
> znhc5 at mail.missouri.edu
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 26, 2016 21:20
> *To:* Nie, Andrew (MU-Student)
> *Cc:* vtkusers at vtk.org
> *Subject:* Re: [vtkusers] Why there is no FindVTK.cmake in
> CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
>
> CMake needs VTK_DIR to be set (either as an environment variable, or in
> the CMakeCache.txt file).  This will allow CMake to find VTKConfig.cmake.
> There is no FindVTK.cmake file.
>
> VTK_DIR=C:/MyVTKProject/VTK-7.0.0/VTK-bin
>
> Packages that have a XYZConfig.cmake file do not have a FindXYZ.cmake
> file.  The CMake error message doesn't explain this very well,
> unfortunately.
>
>  - David
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Nie, Andrew (MU-Student) <
> znhc5 at mail.missouri.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I used CMake 3.5.0 and VS 2013 to build VTK 7.0.0. Why there is no
> FindVTK.cmake
> in C:\MyVTKProjects\VTK-7.0.0\VTK-bin\lib\cmake\vtk-7.0\Modules. All of
> examples of VTK cannot work because no FindVTK.cmake.
>
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:6 (find_package):
>   By not providing "FindVTK.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
>   asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "VTK", but
>   CMake did not find one.
>   Could not find a package configuration file provided by "VTK" with any of
>   the following names:
>     VTKConfig.cmake
>     vtk-config.cmake
>   Add the installation prefix of "VTK" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
> "VTK_DIR"
>   to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "VTK" provides a
>   separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.
> How can I deal with this problem? Really appreciated.
>
>
>
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