VTK Get The Source Code Via WinCVS
The VTK source code is accessible through an online CVS repository. To obtain the source code under Windows, you can use WinCVS which is a GUI front-end for CVS.
Download and install WinCVS from www.wincvs.org.
Then you can start WinCVS and configure it as explained in Access the CVS source-code repository.
Lets doing it step by step.
Log in to the CVS site repository
Menu Admin->Login...
Authentification : pserver
Path : /cvsroot/VTK
Host address : public.kitware.com
User Name : anonymous
Click Ok. A new window pops up and ask you for a password.
Enter vtk.
Now you should read this message on the bottom console :
***** CVS exited normally with code 0 *****
If so, you are connected. You can then ask for the VTK source code. To do this, you have to do a checkout.
Doing the checkout
Menu Remote->Checkout module...
Module name and path on the server: VTK
Local folder to checkout to: <the path where you want the source code to be>
Click Ok. You should see the list of downloaded files in the bottom console.
Once terminated, you can do a checkout for the VTK Data. Do the same thing but change the module name to VTKData.
--Aurelien 13:33, 10 Aug 2004 (EDT)Aurelien REGAT-BARREL
