Re: Octaviz installation on Mac but first need VTK, and possibly also Cmake

[Henry F. Mollet]

Jonathan and Marius,
That's what I tried following
 1. Run ccmake in the directory where you want the object and executable
files to be placed (build directory). If the source directory is not
 the same as this build directory, you have to specify it as an argument on
the command line.
But was getting nowhere with lot's of errors.

Now, following your directions and running ccmake from within the sources
directory I made progress:

CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE                *
 CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX            */usr/local
 CXX_COMPILER_PCH                *g++-3.4
 EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH          *
 LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH             *
 OCTAVE_CONFIG                   */usr/local/bin/octave-config
 USE_PREC_HEADERS                *OFF
 VTK_DIR                         */sw/lib/vtk
 CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY    1.8
 
 
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Choose the type of build, options are:
None(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS or CMAKE_C_FLAGS used) Debug Release RelWithDebInfo
MinSizeRel.    
Press [enter] to edit option
CMake Version 1.8 - patch 3
Press [c] to configure
Press [h] for help         Press [q] to quit without generating
Press [t] to toggle advanced mode (Currently Off)

So this looks good as far as I can tell and the next step would be to press
'g' but there is *no* g option. I tried it anyway but nothing happened. I
was not in Edit mode because h produced the help screen.  So I used toggle
to check advance mode and got:

CMAKE_AR                        */usr/bin/ar
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE                *
 CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER              */usr/bin/g++-3.3
 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS                 *
 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG           *-g
 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL      *-Os
 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE         *-O3
 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO  *-O2 -g
 CMAKE_C_COMPILER                *gcc
 CMAKE_C_FLAGS                   *
 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG             *-g
 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL        *-Os
 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE           *-O3
 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO    *-O2 -g
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS          *
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG    *
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_MINSIZE  *
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE  *
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITH  *
 CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX            */usr/local
 CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM              */usr/bin/make
 CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS       *
 CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBU  *
 CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_MINS  *
 CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELE  *
 CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELW  *
 CMAKE_RANLIB                    */usr/bin/ranlib
 CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS       *
 CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBU  *
 CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_MINS  *
 CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELE  *
 CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELW  *
 CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH                *OFF
 CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE          *OFF
 CXX_COMPILER_PCH                *g++-3.4
 EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH          *
 LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH             *
 OCTAVE_CONFIG                   */usr/local/bin/octave-config
 USE_PREC_HEADERS                *OFF
 VTK_DIR                         */sw/lib/vtk
 X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH            */usr/X11R6/include

Now this look good to me (not that I could really tell) and I toggled back.
I was tempted to press 'c' again but thought it better to ask before I screw
it all up.
Thanks, Henry





on 10/9/05 4:33 PM, Jonathan Stickel at address@hidden wrote:

> Henry
> 
> Basically, "ccmake ." (or "cmake .") is equivalent to "./configure
> [options]".  Instead of autogen tools, cmake tools are used.
> 
> What is your trouble with "ccmake ." exactly?  Just change your
> directory in your shell to wherever you expanded the Octaviz source.
> Then run
> 
> $ ccmake .
> 
> You should get a ascii text menu that displays various options, among
> them the directory where vtk libs are detected (e.g. /usr/local/lib/vtk)
> and the install parent directory (e.g. /usr).  Press 'c' to configure
> and 'g' to generate.  If there are problems (e.g vtk libs can't be
> found), then you will get errors.  If you get errors, let us know what
> they are and maybe we can help.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> P.S.  There is a "octaviz-help" list, but only 2 people are currently
> subscribed (Henry and myself).  This thread is on the octave help list
> so that Henry can get Macintosh specific help, which I don't know much
> about.
> 
> 
> Henry F. Mollet wrote:
>> Marius,
>> No configure script:
>> [~] -bash-2.05b 507$ cd /Users/hfm/Desktop/octaviz-0.4.0/
>> [~/Desktop/octaviz-0.4.0] -bash-2.05b 508$ ./configure --help|less
>> -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
>> [~/Desktop/octaviz-0.4.0] -bash-2.05b 509$ ls
>> CMakeLists.txt  CVS             Examples        Graphics        IO
>> Parallel        README          Scripts         Wrapping
>> COPYING         Common          Filtering       Hybrid          Imaging
>> Patented        Rendering       Testing
>> 
>> According to Octaviz website instructions for installation are:
>> Octaviz has been developed for Linux with X-Window System and OpenGL but it
>> should work on any platform that supports X and VTK. Octaviz should work
>> under CygWin too but this port requires more testing. Any feedback regarding
>> Octaviz in CygWin is welcome.
>> 
>> You'll need octave 2.1.53 or later and VTK CVS to build octaviz. To compile
>> octaviz, run "ccmake ." in the root directory of the source tree, then
>> "make" and finally "make install".
>> 
>> To build octaviz under CygWin:
>> CUT, more complicated.
>> 
>> I got stuck at run "ccmake ."
>> Henry
>> 
>> 
>> on 10/9/05 12:18 PM, Marius Schamschula at address@hidden wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Henry,
>>> 
>>> Does octaviz have a configure script? If so, cd into the untared
>>> directory and run
>>> 
>>> ./configure --help|less
>>> 
>>> to see what variables and options can be set. You can either set the
>>> environmental variables ahead of time, i.e. under bash something like
>>> 
>>> CPPFLAGS=-I/some/strange/place/include
>>> esport CPPFLAGS
>>> 
>>> or when running configure, something like
>>> 
>>> ./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/some/strange/place/include
>>> 
>>> Note however: the second variant generally fails if any variable has
>>> more than one argument.
>>> 
>>> On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Marius,
>>>> Thanks, but I don't think that I had a choice about where Fink is
>>>> putting
>>>> things or I would have installed Cmake and VTK in /usr/local/bin  where
>>>> octave-2.1.71 is located (instead of in /sw/bin). Using Fink I was
>>>> able to
>>>> install VTK quickly to find out what is was all about.
>>>> 
>>>> Where is the 'fooling around' to be done?
>>>> I.e. with
>>>> CPPFLAGS=-I/some/strange/place/include \ and
>>>> and
>>>> LDFLAGS=-L/some/strange/place/lib
>>>> (above copied from a google search for 'LDFLAGS' to find out what it
>>>> is.)
>>>> 
>>>> I have checked the CMakeLists.txt file in the untared octaviz-0.4.0
>>>> directory but could not find LDFLAGS nor CPPFLAGS. I surmise it may be
>>>> way
>>>> over my head to accomplish something that passes information to the
>>>> assembler and linker during the build process.
>>>> Henry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> on 10/8/05 1:24 PM, Marius Schamschula at address@hidden
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Henry,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Using finK, or for that DarwinPorts, cause your packages to be
>>>>> installed outside of the normal search path (i.e. /sw for fink and
>>>>> /opt/local for DP). There is a reason why I generally build things
>>>>> into
>>>>> /usr/local...
>>>>> 
>>>>>  You'll have to fool around with LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS to point things
>>>>> into the right direction.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 8, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I checked SourceForge.net Project: octaviz and found nothing re
>>>>>> octaviz
>>>>>> installation on Mac. Hopefully I'll get a hint here what I should try
>>>>>> next.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jonathan was correct: I was able to use Fink to install CMake1.8.3-1
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> VTK-py23 4.4.0-5. Many examples/demos are working using:
>>>>>> "vtk -f filename" or
>>>>>> "python -i filename" at the shell prompt.
>>>>>> So far so good.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now I tried to install octaviz-0.4.0 from source and it failed (see
>>>>>> below)
>>>>>> I've also tried to install in /usr/local/bin but it also failed
>>>>>> (errors not
>>>>>> included).
>>>>>> Henry
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [/sw/bin] -bash-2.05b 523$ ccmake /users/hfm/Desktop/octaviz-0.4.0
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>>>>>> /sw/share/CMake/Modules/CMakeDetermineSystem.cmake:71:
>>>>>> FILE Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeOutput.log
>>>>>> for writting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Could not open file for write in copy operatation
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeSystem.cmake.tmp
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>>>>>> /sw/share/CMake/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake:54:
>>>>>> FILE Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeOutput.log
>>>>>> for writting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Could not open file for write in copy operatation
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeCCompiler.cmake.tmp
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>>>>>> /sw/share/CMake/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake:47:
>>>>>> FILE Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeOutput.log
>>>>>> for writting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Could not open file for write in copy operatation
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeCXXCompiler.cmake.tmp
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>>>>>> /sw/share/CMake/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:8:
>>>>>> FILE Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c for writting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Failed to create CMakeList file for
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeTmp/CMakeLists.txt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
>>>>>> /sw/share/CMake/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:16:
>>>>>> FILE Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeError.log
>>>>>> for writting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The C compiler "gcc" is not able to compile a simple test program.
>>>>>> It fails with the following output:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> CMake Error: Unable to open cache file for save.
>>>>>> /sw/bin/CMakeCache.txt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> on 10/4/05 9:20 PM, Jonathan Stickel at address@hidden
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Henry
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I do not work on a Mac, and so my help will be limited.  I am also
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> only other subscriber to the octaviz list at the moment!  You might
>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>> try the octaviz web forums (in the sourceforge site).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I haven't tried anonymous cvs checkout in awhile, but it should work
>>>>>>> according to the sourceforge instructions.  You could also try the
>>>>>>> last
>>>>>>> release, octaviz-0.4.  This you can download directly as a tarball.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You will definitely need cmake and vtk (>vtk-4.4) to compile
>>>>>>> octaviz.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> do not know if you can get these through fink or not.  If not,
>>>>>>> install
>>>>>>> them from source from the vtk website (vtk.org).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Henry F. Mollet wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> From Octaviz website at
>>>>>>>>> http://octaviz.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=build
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You'll need octave 2.1.53 or later and VTK CVS to build octaviz. To
>>>>>>>> compile
>>>>>>>> octaviz, run "ccmake ." in the root directory of the source tree,
>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>> "make" and finally "make install".
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> [/Develop] -bash-2.05b 533$ cvs -d
>>>>>>>> :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/VTK login
>>>>>>>> Logging in to
>>>>>>>> :pserver:address@hidden:2401/cvsroot/VTK
>>>>>>>> CVS password:
>>>>>>>> PAM authenticate error: User not known to the underlying
>>>>>>>> authentication
>>>>>>>> module
>>>>>>>> cvs login: authorization failed: server public.kitware.com rejected
>>>>>>>> access
>>>>>>>> to /cvsroot/VTK for user anonymous
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Password is supposed to be VTK but it does not work. I need help
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> somebody who installed octaviz on Mac OS 10.4.2.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Also, it it not potentially problematic to create a directory
>>>>>>>> "/Develop"
>>>>>>>> when I already have a directory "/Developer"?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Also, VTK requires Cmake. I'm not sure if I have it.
>>>>>>>> [/Develop] -bash-2.05b 534$ locate CMake
>>>>>>>> [/Develop] -bash-2.05b 535$ locate cmake
>>>>>>>> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/cmake.info
>>>>>>>> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/cmake.patch
>>>>>>>> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/unstable/main/finkinfo/devel/cmake.info
>>>>>>>> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/unstable/main/finkinfo/devel/cmake.patch
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/bin/ccmakedep
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/bin/gccmakedep
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/ccmakedep.1.html
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/gccmakedep.1.html
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/man/man1/ccmakedep.1
>>>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/man/man1/gccmakedep.1
>>>>>>>> [/Develop] -bash-2.05b 536$
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Can somebody please help.
>>>>>>>> Henry
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marius
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marius Schamschula,  Alabama A & M University, Department of Physics
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