Configure error with ccmake and cmake?

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I followed the VTK documentation step by step to build VTK on Ubuntu 22.04.

Here are the required packages

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1714×342 168 KB

I am using the v9.4.0 branch.

When I configure with ccmake (using all default build options), it fails to generate build.ninja, preventing VTK from being built.

ccmake -GNinja ..
cmake --build .
ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory

Below is the error log:
CMakeError.log (99.4 KB)

However, under the same conditions, if I use cmake instead, the same error log appears, but the compilation can still proceed.

cmake -GNinja ..
cmake --build .

So, the question is whether I need to be concerned about this error log. Will it affect the libraries I compile?

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I do not see CMake error anywhere in your message or shared log. Can you share it ?

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In the shared log file

cc: error: unrecognized command-line option '-Weverything'
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_c0167.dir/build.make:78: CMakeFiles/cmTC_c0167.dir/src.c.o] Error 1

c++: error: unrecognized command-line option '-wd4251'
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_6eb96.dir/build.make:78: CMakeFiles/cmTC_6eb96.dir/src.cxx.o] Error 1

c++: error: unrecognized command-line option '-EHsc'
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_271f3.dir/build.make:78: CMakeFiles/cmTC_271f3.dir/src.cxx.o] Error 1

vtk-9.4.0/Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx:53:13: error: ‘environ’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘union’?
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_39a0c.dir/build.make:78: CMakeFiles/cmTC_39a0c.dir/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx.o] Error 1

vtk-9.4.0/Utilities/KWSys/vtksys/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx:26:15: error: ‘struct stat’ has no member named ‘st_mtimespec’
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_ca061.dir/build.make:78: CMakeFiles/cmTC_ca061.dir/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx.o] Error 1
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Then do not add these command line options.

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But my operation was only limited to git clone and ccmake, all the rest are based on the Makefile provided by VTK

where can I find these command line options!!

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This is coming from your environnement, not from VTK.

Check your .bashrc or .bash_profile

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I found that I need to configure multiple times (press ‘c’), then it will suddenly be able to generate the build.ninja (press ‘g’). :joy:

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@mwestphal Thanks for your help!

I also want to confirm one thing: has the VTK_OPENGL_USE_GLES parameter been deprecated in version 9.4.0? I can’t find it in ccmake.

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Thats a @jaswantp question

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Ah, the option got discarded for unix because of a change that went in. You can still add a new entry on the command line. I’ll push a fix for that.