Programming:Compiling Paraview 3.8.1 for OS X 10.6.4 - Revision history

Thunderrabbit: tweaked instructions around ccmake

2010-10-20T01:25:38Z

tweaked instructions around ccmake

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:25, 19 October 2010
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	''For some reason, after Configuring with the variables listed above, I had to Quit without generating, run ccmake again, Configure again (all the above changes were already in place) and then I could Generate and exit.''		After setting the variables as above, type c to configure

			then type g to generate.

			''For some reason, after Configuring with the variables listed above, I had to Quit without generating, run ccmake again, Configure again (all the above changes were already in place) and then I could Generate and exit.'' [[User:Thunderrabbit\|Thunder Rabbit]] 18:25, 19 October 2010 (PDT)

	==building==		==building==

	~~c to configure~~
	~~g to generate and exit~~

	Count how many cpu cores you have on your machine.		Count how many cpu cores you have on your machine.

Thunderrabbit: /* adjust ParaView variables in ccmake */ added note about ccmake not allowing Generate without exiting first

2010-10-20T01:22:43Z

adjust ParaView variables in ccmake: added note about ccmake not allowing Generate without exiting first

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	\| Unless you are taking extra steps to ensure that the clients have the required MPI libraries, set this to OFF, since ParaView does not include rules to package MPI.		\| Unless you are taking extra steps to ensure that the clients have the required MPI libraries, set this to OFF, since ParaView does not include rules to package MPI.
	\|}		\|}

			''For some reason, after Configuring with the variables listed above, I had to Quit without generating, run ccmake again, Configure again (all the above changes were already in place) and then I could Generate and exit.''

	==building==		==building==

Thunderrabbit: /* in the beginning */ fixed empty dir size

2010-10-20T01:06:36Z

in the beginning: fixed empty dir size

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:06, 19 October 2010
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	drwxr-xr-x@ 22 thunderrabbit staff 748 Oct 19 12:42 ParaView-3.8.1		drwxr-xr-x@ 22 thunderrabbit staff 748 Oct 19 12:42 ParaView-3.8.1
	-rw-r--r--@ 1 thunderrabbit staff 33123181 Oct 15 12:22 ParaView-3.8.1.tar.gz		-rw-r--r--@ 1 thunderrabbit staff 33123181 Oct 15 12:22 ParaView-3.8.1.tar.gz
	drwxr-xr-x 28 thunderrabbit staff ~~952~~ Oct 19 16:37 ParaView-bin		drwxr-xr-x 28 thunderrabbit staff 68 Oct 19 16:37 ParaView-bin

	cd into the directory and run ccmake		cd into the directory and run ccmake

Thunderrabbit: /* adjust ParaView variables in ccmake */ turned OFF documentation generation, green-highlighted the vars I had to change

2010-10-20T01:01:27Z

adjust ParaView variables in ccmake: turned OFF documentation generation, green-highlighted the vars I had to change

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:01, 19 October 2010
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	Press C-d to page down and C-u to page up.		Press C-d to page down and C-u to page up.

	Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values:		Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values (green means I had to change them):

	{\| border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"		{\| border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"
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	\|-		\|-
	\| BUILD_SHARED_LIBS		\| BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
	\| ON		\| bgcolor="#67F951" \| ON
	\| Enables shared libraries (unless you are sure you want to do static builds)		\| Enables shared libraries (unless you are sure you want to do static builds)
	\|-		\|-
	\| CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE		\| CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
	\| Release		\| bgcolor="#67F951" \| Release
	\| Unless you want to end up with debug install, set this to Release		\| Unless you want to end up with debug install, set this to Release
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~PARAVIEW_USE_MPI~~		\|PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI
	\| ~~OFF~~		\| ON
	\| ~~Unless you are taking extra steps to ensure that~~ the ~~clients have the required MPI libraries, set this to OFF, since ParaView does not include rules to package MPI.~~		\| To enable building the Qt client
	\|-		\|-
	\| PARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON		\| PARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON
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	\|-		\|-
	\| PARAVIEW_GENERATE_PROXY_DOCUMENTATION		\| PARAVIEW_GENERATE_PROXY_DOCUMENTATION
	\| ON		\| OFF
	\| To ensure that the html documentation for the sources/filters/readers/writes is generated and packed into the application, turn the following flag ON.		\| To ensure that the html documentation for the sources/filters/readers/writes is generated and packed into the application, turn the following flag ON.
	\|-		\|-
	\| PARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT		\| PARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT
	\| ON		\| bgcolor="#67F951" \| ON
	\| To package development files so that people can build plugins/custom-apps using the installation.		\| To package development files so that people can build plugins/custom-apps using the installation.
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI~~		\| PARAVIEW_USE_MPI
	\| ON		\| OFF
	\| ~~To enable building~~ the ~~Qt client~~		\| Unless you are taking extra steps to ensure that the clients have the required MPI libraries, set this to OFF, since ParaView does not include rules to package MPI.
	\|}		\|}

Thunderrabbit: /* in the beginning */ use name in copy same as name of thumbnail for ParaView Basic Variables

2010-10-20T00:49:27Z

in the beginning: use name in copy same as name of thumbnail for ParaView Basic Variables

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	[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_empty_cache.png\|thumb\|Empty Cache]]		[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_empty_cache.png\|thumb\|Empty Cache]]

	Type c to configure, and after a couple minutes you will see ~~a short list of variables~~.		Type c to configure, and after a couple minutes you will see the ParaView Basic Variables.

	[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_paraview_basic_var_list_screenshot.png\|thumb\|ParaView Basic Variables]]		[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_paraview_basic_var_list_screenshot.png\|thumb\|ParaView Basic Variables]]

Thunderrabbit: /* in the beginning */ full screenshot for thumbnail, added ccmake navigation instructions.

2010-10-20T00:48:00Z

in the beginning: full screenshot for thumbnail, added ccmake navigation instructions.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:48, 19 October 2010
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	Type c to configure, and after a couple minutes you will see a short list of variables.		Type c to configure, and after a couple minutes you will see a short list of variables.

	[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.~~4_ccmake_paraview_basic_var_list~~.png\|thumb\|ParaView Basic Variables]]		[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_paraview_basic_var_list_screenshot.png\|thumb\|ParaView Basic Variables]]

	==adjust ParaView variables in ccmake==		==adjust ParaView variables in ccmake==

	Press t when in ccmake to Toggle advanced mode and display all these variables (and many more).		Press t when in ccmake to Toggle advanced mode and display all these variables (and many more).

			Press C-d to page down and C-u to page up.

	Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values:		Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values:

Thunderrabbit: /* CMake Variables */ add screensnip of ParaView variables

2010-10-20T00:40:09Z

CMake Variables: add screensnip of ParaView variables

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	$ ccmake ../ParaView-3.8.1		$ ccmake ../ParaView-3.8.1

	~~==CMake Variables==~~		You should see a mostly white screen with Empty Cache at the top.

	Press t when in ccmake to ~~make~~ all these variables ~~visible~~.		[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_empty_cache.png\|thumb\|Empty Cache]]

			Type c to configure, and after a couple minutes you will see a short list of variables.

			[[File:Programming-Compiling_Paraview_3.8.1_for_OS_X_10.6.4_ccmake_paraview_basic_var_list.png\|thumb\|ParaView Basic Variables]]

			==adjust ParaView variables in ccmake==

			Press t when in ccmake to Toggle advanced mode and display all these variables (and many more).

	Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values:		Taken from [http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#CMake_Variables], I used these values:

Thunderrabbit: /* building */ added Fred's suggestion to use more cores to speed up make

2010-10-20T00:25:54Z

building: added Fred's suggestion to use more cores to speed up make

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 c to configure
 g to generate and exit
    $ make
 =extra plugin=

Thunderrabbit: made === = == and == = =

2010-10-19T14:12:26Z

made === = == and == = =

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	==in the beginning==		=in the beginning=

	Had to install xtools again, even though I thought I had already installed it. This gave me the correct C and C++ compilers.		Had to install xtools again, even though I thought I had already installed it. This gave me the correct C and C++ compilers.
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	$ ccmake ../ParaView-3.8.1		$ ccmake ../ParaView-3.8.1

	===CMake Variables===		==CMake Variables==

	Press t when in ccmake to make all these variables visible.		Press t when in ccmake to make all these variables visible.
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	\|}		\|}

	===building===		==building==

	c to configure		c to configure
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	and wait 3 hours.		and wait 3 hours.

	==extra plugin==		=extra plugin=

	$ ls		$ ls
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	c to configure again, and then g to generate		c to configure again, and then g to generate

	===make===		==make==

	$ pwd		$ pwd
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	It should take less than a minute to build; there is only one source file, plus plugin stuff.		It should take less than a minute to build; there is only one source file, plus plugin stuff.

	===load===		==load==

	Once compiled, run paraview,		Once compiled, run paraview,
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	[[File:Programming-Compiling Paraview 3.8.1 for OS X 10.6.4 tools-manage plugins - auto-load.png]]		[[File:Programming-Compiling Paraview 3.8.1 for OS X 10.6.4 tools-manage plugins - auto-load.png]]

	===recreate JB's screenshot===		==recreate JB's screenshot==

	You have to be careful to		You have to be careful to

Thunderrabbit: /* in the beginning */ added link to cmake

2010-10-19T14:07:28Z

in the beginning: added link to cmake

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:07, 19 October 2010
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	Had to install xtools again, even though I thought I had already installed it. This gave me the correct C and C++ compilers.		Had to install xtools again, even though I thought I had already installed it. This gave me the correct C and C++ compilers.

	~~Installed~~ cmake binary, (~~and actually used ccmake~~)		Download and install [http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html cmake and ccmake binary (version 2.8.2)].

	Did not install separate version of VTK. VTK is bundled with Paraview source.		Did not install separate version of VTK. VTK is bundled with Paraview source.