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

[Thomas W. <tho...@gm...>]

Am Freitag, den 05.10.2007, 08:16 -0600 schrieb Jonathan Stickel:
> Thomas Weber wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, den 04.10.2007, 07:55 -0600 schrieb Jonathan Stickel:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Are you subscribed to the octaviz-help mailing list?  If so, I will not 
> >> cc you in future emails about this.
> > 
> > I did subscribe now. I wasn't aware there's a help mailing list.
> > 
> > First question: did you use current CVS for building?
> 
> Yes.  Since I had the some of the issues with the modified build system 
> that you sent me, I decided to work with what is currently in CVS.


> OK.  If we get the others resolved, maybe we can do something like "if 
> mac os x, exclude building the problem libraries" in CMakeLists.txt. 
> The only one that might be missed is TIFFwriter.
Might be an option.


> >> 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
> > 
> > Can you post the mkoctfile script? 
> > 
> Do you mean the link.txt file?  It is attached.

No, the mkoctfile script that ships with Octave. It should be a normal
shell script.


> >> 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?
> > 
> > What does 
> > 	$ objdump -p /usr/bin/octave-2.9.14
> > say? This will only give meaningful results if the file is a binary.
> > Under Linux, the binary is compiled with an rpath that points
> > to /usr/lib/octave-2.9.14, so the octave binary 'knows' where its
> > symbols are.
> > 
> I don't seem to have the objdump command.  What package is it typically 
> included with?

binutils
Though it might be linux-specific. 


> >> 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"
> <snip>
> > Bug in VTK, see
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388736
> > 
> 
> OK, good to know.  I will manually edit vtkCommonKit.cmake as a 
> temporary fix.

I'm short on time right now, though I'll check my e-mails over the
weekend.

Bye
	Thomas