[Insight-users] Cannot Locate Build Flags for ITK + VTK

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Peter,

The VTK_USE_ANSI_STDLIB is relevant only in Microsoft
Windows and only when you use Visual Studio 6.0. Since
you are using GCC, you can happily ignore this setting.

ITK doens't have any dependency on VTK anymore. This was
removed a long time ago, when the demos applications were
moved to a separate checkout in InsightApplications.

When you configure ITK, you will not need any external
packages.  Only if you decide to try InsightApplications,
then you will have the option of using FLTK and VTK for
*some* of the applications.


BTW,
where are you looking for instructions on how to install ITK ?
this seems to be pretty old...


You should rather use the instructions in the initial
chapters of the SoftwareGuide:

   http://www.itk.org/ItkSoftwareGuide.pdf


Configuration is very easy in ITK now.


Please let us know if you find any further problems.



Regards,


   Luis



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Peter Kwan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to compile VTK 4.4 then ITK 1.6.0 on Mac OS X 10.3 using ccmake
> 1.8-3 (all are the tar.gz packages that you can download from the website,
> and ccmake is the MacOSX binary install).
> 
> I understand that I need to make the following settings using ccmake.
> 
> Building VTK =>
> VTK_USE_ANSI_STDLIB = ON
> But I cannot find this option (evening after [t]oggling) and I haven't been
> able to discover if this is because it is 1) unnecessary now, 2) ccmake
> can't figure out to add it, or 3) I need to add it manually to
> CMakeCache.txt myself, 4) something else entirely...
> I've tried adding the line myself to the CMakeCache.txt file and building
> VTK--which worked, but of course I'm left wondering if this was the right
> thing to do, or if it just seemed to work and will refuse once I add in ITK.
> 
> Building ITK =>
> USE_VTK = ON
> USE_INSTALLED_VTK = OFF
> USE_BUILT_VTK = ON
> VTK_BINARY_PATH = path/to/VTK/build
> But again, I cannot find the USE_VTK option, and thus never get the
> opportunity to access the other options.  At this point, I've tried adding
> in USE_VTK to the CMakeCache.txt file but didn't see the other options
> appear afterwards in ccmake.  Again, I'm wondering if this is the right
> thing to do, or not...
> 
> I've read through GettingStarted-II.pdf, a couple other tutorials
> (Visualizing the Human Body with ITK and VTK from 2002), the ITK FAQ, and
> I've searched through the list for answers.  So far, I haven't found
> anything that completely answers my question--there is some mention of flags
> but no explanation as to why they are not showing up in ccmake or if they
> are no longer needed.  I'd like to know for sure exactly what I need to do
> or not do, and WHY?
> 
> Any suggestions, comments, etc. would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> --Peter
> 
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