[Vv] Problems installing CLITK via vv superbuild file

[Vivien Delmon]

On 02/24/2013 12:09 PM, Simon Rit wrote:
> Dear Bilal,
> We are considering this for VV first but we will not support this for
> clitk tools. We are happy to provide clitk tools but users must try to
> solve their compilation issues.

I just compiled the first vv nightly build (linux 64 bits) which is 
available here :
http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~delmon/vv_nightly/vv-20130227.sh

> By the way, compilation of clitk tools, if this is what you are
> interested in, should not require qt if you disable VV compilation
> (CLITK_BUILD_VV:BOOL=OFF).
> Simon
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Bilal Tahir <b.tahir at sheffield.ac.uk
> <mailto:b.tahir at sheffield.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Can I make a request that the latest version of VV including CLITK
>     with all options set to ON be made available as a precompiled .sh
>     binary file? Slicer3D http://download.slicer.org/ allows for a
>     nightly download of the binary version of the latest version.
>
>     This is due to my case where I have experienced many errors in
>     trying to install the relevant programs until I finally get to
>     install CLITK whereas the Oct 2012 precomiled binary .sh file worked
>     fine on linux for me. However, CLITK was not included in that release.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Bilal
>
>     On 22 February 2013 22:58, Bilal Tahir <b.tahir at sheffield.ac.uk
>     <mailto:b.tahir at sheffield.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>         Dear All,
>
>         I am trying to install CLITK by adding the relevant =ON options
>         on the CMakeLists.txt file (attached edited version in this
>         email) found in the following link
>         https://git.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/pubgit/?p=clitk.git;a=blob;f=superbuild/CMakeLists.txt
>
>         I then run the following two commands:
>
>
>         cmake superbuild-file-directory
>         make
>
>         However, after running 'make' it started installing the programs
>         (ITK, QT and VTK) one after the other for several hours until it
>         reached 60% of the last program 'VV' where it gave the following
>         errors and stopped:
>
>         collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>         make[5]: *** [bin/vv] Error 1
>         make[4]: *** [vv/CMakeFiles/vv.dir/all] Error 2
>         make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
>         make[2]: *** [Stamp/VV/VV-build] Error 2
>         make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/VV.dir/all] Error 2
>         make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>         I've copied and posted some of the last few lines up till the
>         point that the error came.
>
>         The 'make' command created several folders in my home folder
>         (/home/md1bat/) including 'Source' and 'Build'. It appears that
>         ITK, QT and VTK (not VV) completed as you can see from
>         the /home/md1bat/CMakeFiles/ folder.
>
>         Inline images 1
>
>         Within the 'Build' folder, each of the four programs, ITK, VTK,
>         QT and VV have at least a bin and/or lib folder. This is not the
>         case in the 'Source' folder. Therefore, I have added the paths
>         of the respective bin and lib folders from the 'Build' folder
>         (not Source) to my .bashrc file (attached in this email).
>         However, none of the programs (including the completed ITK, QT
>         and VTK) seem to work even if I want to check which version I
>         have installed using the command e.g itk --version. I have now
>         deleted the precompiled 'VV' Oct 2012 version which used to work
>         with the command vv. However, the command vv now gives the
>         output 'command not found'.
>
>         I'm not sure if I have done the export path correctly on my
>         .bashrc as I have referenced it to the 'Build' folder and not
>         the 'Source' folder as there was no bin or lib folders within
>         that. Furthermore, I have no idea why the errors occurred.
>
>         Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
>
>         Best wishes,
>
>         Bilal Tahir,
>         James Morrison Researcher in Radiotherapy Imaging,
>         University of Sheffield/Weston Park Cancer Hospital

-- 
Vivien Delmon
PhD student at CREATIS, Lyon
Supported by ANRT and ELEKTA
http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio

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