Re: [Octaviz-help] octaviz on Mac OS X

[Jonathan S. <jjs...@vc...>]

Dragan and Thomas

OK, I finally managed to get octaviz installed on my Mac.  It required a
few hacks to make files _post cmake_.  I detail the issues below so
that we can try to resolve them at the cmake step.  For the record, I 
installed octave and VTK via Fink.

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Thanks,
Jonathan


Problem 1:
A few of the vtk functions will not compile, giving this error:

/sw/include/vtk-5.0/vtkStreamTracer.h: In member function 'virtual void
vtkStreamTracer::SetIntegrationDirection(int)':
/sw/include/vtk-5.0/vtkStreamTracer.h:263: error:
'vtkStreamTracer::<anonymous enum>' is/uses anonymous type
/sw/include/vtk-5.0/vtkStreamTracer.h:263: error:   trying to
instantiate 'template<class T> template<class U> octave_int::octave_int(U)'

As a workaround, I added these lines to CMakeLists.txt of the octaviz 
directory:

   # below won't build on Mac OS X, JJS 10/2/07
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkStreamTracer 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkTensorGlyph 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkDEMReader 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkTIFFWriter 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkCameraInterpolator 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkQuaternionInterpolator 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkTransformInterpolator 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkProjectedTerrainPath 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkImagePlaneWidget 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkDistributedStreamTracer 1)
   SET(VTK_CLASS_WRAP_EXCLUDE_vtkPStreamTracer 1)

I suspect that this might be a compiler problem.  I am using Apple Xcode
tools 2.4.1 with gcc 4.0.  I might try a different gcc eventually, but 
that may involve rebuilding all kinds of dependencies :(


Problem 2:
Linking of libraries does not work automatically.  As a workaround, I added

-L/sw/lib/octave-2.9.14 -loctinterp -loctave -lcruft -lvtkCommon

to Common/CMakeFiles/octaviz.dir/link.txt.  I notice that the equivalent 
flags are not included or needed when compiling in Linux.  Nonetheless, 
it shouldn't hurt to add them universally.  Can you help me make changes 
to the appropriate CMakeLists.txt file to add these?


Problem 3:
For some reason, the location of these files are listed to be (and 
theire .cc files also)

"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeInt8Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeInt16Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeInt32Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeInt64Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeUInt8Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeUInt16Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeUInt32Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeUInt64Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeFloat32Array.oct"
"/sw/src/fink.build/vtk-py25-5.0.2-1003/VTK/Common/vtkTypeFloat64Array.oct"

As a workaround, I manually edited

Common/CMakeFiles/Common.dir/build.make
Common/CMakeFiles/Common.dir/cmake_clean.cmake
Common/cmake_install.cmake

and removed the "/sw/.../VTK/" part of the paths.  Any idea how to 
resolve this?  I find this bug (I think it is a bug) a bit strange since 
all the other VTK translated header files do not have this problem.


Problem 4:
I needed to add "-lvtkRendering" to the build line for vtkRaiseWindow.cc 
in Common/CMakeFiles/Common.dir/build.make.  Not sure why this isn't 
needed in Linux, but again it wouldn't hurt to add the flag universally. 
  I'm guessing that this can be done by simply adding the flag to the 
ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND for vtkRaiseWindow in Common/CMakeLists.txt.  I can 
try this the next time I compile octaviz.