[vtkusers] missing vtk library for vtk5 compilation

[Idayat Salako]

Hi,
Thanks David and Fcs. The generator/compiler was the issue; VTK 5.10 is
compatible with visual studio 2012.

For anyone interested:
Steps for installing vtk in windows using cmake
1. steps: (https://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows) (or video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvbhyDh8r0)
2. generator/compiler appropriate for any particular cmake version: (
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/manual/cmake-generators.7.html#visual-studio-generators
)
3. advisable to install visual studio in the order of release (
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/vs2015/installing-multiple-versions-visual-studio-side-side/
)


Thank you
Idayat Salako

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 11:05, Fcs <ftpronk at engits.com> wrote:

> Hello Idayat,
>
> By looking at your CMakeErrorLog, your build is trying to find files like
> pthread.h and unistd.h, which are header files belonging to of the POSIX
> (thread) API. As you are building under Windows with Visual Studio, these
> files don't exist, and you need to link to the Win32 API, and not the POSIX
> API.  This means something is wrong with your build.
>
> Did you use the correct generator with CMake? I personally haven't built
> vtk5 under windows, but I expect their CMake setup to correctly deal with
> the POSIX/Win32 issue.  Have a look here
> <
> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/manual/cmake-generators.7.html#visual-studio-generators>
>
> for more information about CMake generators.
>
> It could also be a bug introduced in the specific commit your are trying to
> compile.  Did you try using an earlier release?
>
> Also, keep in mind that Visual Studio 2013 did not exist when vtk 5.10 was
> released, and it might simply not be compatible with that compiler.  Would
> it be acceptable for your project to use an earlier compiler? If all else
> fails, you could try using a toolchain that is guaranteed to be compatible
> with vtk 5.
>
> Last but not least, if I remember properly, the earlier versions of vtk 5
> where defining macros conflicting with c++11. I don't remember if that was
> also the case for the later versions of vtk 5, or if you could disable
> those
> macros in CMake and use their c++11 equivalent, but keep in mind that
> Visual
> Studio 2013 has (some....) c++11 support which might conflict with vtk 5.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
>
>
>
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