KWWidgets/Projects/3DWidgets/Part2/Widgets/VTKW
Installing VTK on a Windows System
Downloads Required
- CMake http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Download.html
- MinGW http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml
- WinCVS http://www.wincvs.org/download.html
Install CMake
Follow the wizard instructions of the downloaded installation file.
Install MinGW
Follow the wizard instructions of the downloaded installation file.
Install WinCVS
Follow the wizard instructions of the downloaded installation file.
Download VTK
Launch the installed WinCVS. To begin with, set the installation directory,
Admin -> Preferences
Type in the desired installation directory and click “OK”.
Next, we need to connect to the CVS repository.
Admin->Command Line
Type in “cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTK” login and click “OK”, respond to the demand for a password with “vtk”. Finally, we need to download the CVS version of vtk.
Admin->Command Line
Type in “cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTK checkout VTK” login and click “OK”.
Compiling
In a command window, type
cmakesetup .
cmake .
Lastly, you need to call the C++ compiler, as I used MinGW, the actual executable to call is mingw32-make.exe so I made a batch file to make it simpler 8)
make
