[vtkusers] Undefined reference error while compiling with VTK shared libraries in Ubuntu 16.04

[Dan Lipsa]

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> How do I uninstall the system VTK? I have also tried to install vtk 6 and
> vtk 5 using the "sudo apt-get install libvtk6-dev" and "sudo apt-get
> install libvtk5-dev".
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>
You can use an interface such as synaptic to make things easier. You can
search for all packages that have vtk in their name and uninstall them.


> Thank you,
> Stephen Thomas.
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Stephen,
>> It seems that you are reading libraries from your own
>> VTK: -L/home/sthomas/projects/VTK-build/lib
>> but the headers are from the system installed
>> VTK: /usr/local/include/vtk-6.3/
>>
>> I suggest uninstalling the system VTK or make sure that the correct
>> headers are picked up by LAMMPS.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Stephen Thomas <
>> stephenthomas1 at boisestate.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to build a C++ code called LAMMPS which uses VTK for writing
>>> vtk files. I am getting errors that seem like linking errors. I am able to
>>> compile VTK successfully, but when I compile the LAMMPS code, I get the
>>> following errors from the line
>>> vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer = vtkSmartPointer<
>>> vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();
>>> :
>>>
>>> mpicxx -g -O  -L/home/sthomas/projects/VTK-build/lib   dump_custom_vtk.o
>>>  ..........................................  -lvtkCommonCore-6.3
>>> -lvtkIOCore-6.3 -lvtkIOXML-6.3 -lvtkIOLegacy-6.3 -lvtkCommonDataModel-6.3
>>> -lblas -llapack   -o ../lmp_mpi
>>> dump_custom_vtk.o: In function `vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPPolyDa
>>> taWriter>::New()':
>>> /usr/local/include/vtk-6.3/vtkSmartPointer.h:117: undefined reference
>>> to `vtkXMLPPolyDataWriter::New()'
>>> dump_custom_vtk.o: In function `vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPUnstru
>>> cturedGridWriter>::New()':
>>> /usr/local/include/vtk-6.3/vtkSmartPointer.h:117: undefined reference
>>> to `vtkXMLPUnstructuredGridWriter::New()'
>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>
>>> This is the first time I am writing to this forum. I may be missing some
>>> supporting information. Please let me know if more information is required.
>>>
>>> I must also point out that I have another code installed on the machine
>>> which has also installed VTK 7.0 and its shared libraries. I am not sure if
>>> these are somehow interfering. I am assuming that the -L/path_to_lib as
>>> seen above should take care of pointing to the right libraries.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Stephen Thomas.
>>>
>>>
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