VTK/Obtaining

From KitwarePublic
Jump to navigationJump to search

First, you must install Git and CMake

Linux & Mac

  • Clone the VTK repository:
git clone http://vtk.org/VTK.git VTK
  • Create a build directory, say ~/VTK/build. Go into that directory and configure VTK with:
 ccmake ../VTK
  • Press c (to configure, depending on your options you may have to do this twice)
  • Press g (to generate & quit)
  • Build VTK:
 make

Windows

  • git clone http://vtk.org/VTK.git VTK
  • Open the CMake GUI and point it to your VTK source directory.
  • Select your IDE.
  • Generate a project for your IDE.
  • Open the project in your IDE.
  • Build the project.