make Error 2 when installing VTK

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Hi! I have been trying to install VTK on my macbook via the code snippet:

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However, I run into a make error
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Can someone please help me in resolving this error?
Thank you!

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How about including the actual error in your post or screenshot :slight_smile: ?

You may want to use the last release of VTK though, VTK v9.3.0

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Thank you so much! using VTK v9.3.0 successfully resolved this error and got me to the point of installation. However, it raised this error message:
Install the project…
– Install configuration: “Debug”
CMake Error at Wrapping/Tools/cmake_install.cmake:41 (file):
file cannot create directory: /include/vtk-9.3. Maybe need administrative
privileges.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake_install.cmake:42 (include)
make: *** [install] Error 1
This is the output before the error message:
[100%] Built target FiltersPoints
[100%] Built target vtkFiltersPoints-hierarchy
[100%] Built target FiltersParallelImaging
[100%] Built target vtkFiltersParallelImaging-hierarchy
[100%] Built target FiltersGeometryPreview
[100%] Built target vtkFiltersGeometryPreview-hierarchy
[100%] Built target FiltersGeneric
[100%] Built target vtkFiltersGeneric-hierarchy
[100%] Built target FiltersFlowPaths
[100%] Built target vtkFiltersFlowPaths-hierarchy
[100%] Built target DomainsChemistryOpenGL2
[100%] Built target vtkDomainsChemistryOpenGL2-hierarchy
Could you please kindly guide me through how to resolve it?

4

You are currently trying to install system wide, is this really what you want to do ?

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I am following the manual VTK installation instruction given by CHASTE (a C++ program) as it is one of the dependencies. The code I am running is taken from their tutorial page with the version changed to 9.3. Here is the code I am running:
wget https://www.vtk.org/files/release/9.1/VTK-9.1.0.tar.gz
tar -zxf VTK-9.1.0.tar.gz
mkdir build_VTK-9.1.0 && cd build_VTK-9.1.0
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CHASTE_LIBS …/VTK-9.1.0 && make -j4 && make install
cd …
rm -rf build_VTK-9.1.0 VTK-9.1.0 VTK-9.1.0.tar.gz

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is that defined somewhere ?

I am following the manual VTK installation instruction given by CHASTE (a C++ program) as it is one of the dependencies.

Link ?

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Yes, there are previous steps where CHASTE_LIBS is defined. Here is the link: Developer Install Guide | Chaste
I am running the code on a Macbook in VScode.

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Make sure it is set, because it looks like it is empty right now.