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Bug 179677 - sci-libs/vtk-5.0.3 - VTKHOME not defined
Summary: sci-libs/vtk-5.0.3 - VTKHOME not defined
Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-05-24 21:10 UTC by Daniel Tourde
Modified: 2007-05-25 06:44 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Tourde 2007-05-24 21:10:32 UTC
Hello,

I am trying to build salome-3.2.6 on my gentoo box (http://www.salome-platform.org)
Salome needs VTK.
When I run the salome GUI configure procedure, I get:


---------------------------------------------
testing VTK
---------------------------------------------

configure: checking for VTK...
checking for X... libraries , headers 
configure: WARNING: undefined VTKHOME variable which specify where vtk was compiled
checking vtkPlane.h usability... no
checking vtkPlane.h presence... no
checking for vtkPlane.h... no
no
configure: WARNING: unable to link with vtk library
for VTK: no

Where vtkPlane.h is in /usr/include/vtk-5.0

I looked at the 'configure' script and it requires indeed a variable VTKHOME. It also expects vtk headers to be in /usr/include/vtk, not vtk-5.0.
There however, I don't really know what to do.

Daniel

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-24 21:46:32 UTC
I'm sorry, but Gentoo Bugzilla is not a support forum for writing your own ebuilds nor a place to seek help with random third party stuff that's not in the official tree. We have forums.gentoo.org and #gentoo-dev-help on Freenode for such things.
Comment 2 Daniel Tourde 2007-05-25 06:02:21 UTC
I don't understand your comment.
vtk-5.0.3 _is_ in the official tree. I am trying to build an application that relies on VTK and complains about a lack of environment variables VTKHOME (which apparently is a standard one regarding VTK), I thought it was relevant to mention it to improve the existing ebuild.

Regarding the writing of own ebuilds, here is an interesting point. I wrote several ones, send them to overlay and put them on the bugs.gentoo.org, asking for inclusion and test with _very limited_ feedback if any. I can understand guys that you have already your hands full and that a day is only 24 hours, however, it's a pity that the inclusion of new ebuilds to the official tree takes so much times (when it does happen...). It kills off any initiative, to be honest....
Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-25 06:44:54 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> I don't understand your comment.
> vtk-5.0.3 _is_ in the official tree. I am trying to build an application that
> relies on VTK and complains about a lack of environment variables VTKHOME
> (which apparently is a standard one regarding VTK), I thought it was relevant
> to mention it to improve the existing ebuild.

OK, I take it you are going to file more bugs about about python, tcl, PyQt, hdf5 etc. etc. and bunch of others because they don't pollute the environment with some salome-specific envvar stuff that the thing expects because it can't detect stuff properly?

http://www.salome-platform.org/ex/doc3.2.6/GUI/doc/salome/gui/GUI/kernel/readme.html#env_files

> it's a pity that the inclusion of new ebuilds to the official tree
> takes so much times (when it does happen...). It kills off any initiative, to
> be honest....

There are only 2476 new ebuild/ebuild request bugs open ATM: http://tinyurl.com/32opeu 

Sorry, but we no way have enough people to maintain ever one third of them.