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are multiple ways to get the software:
The installer for the Windows platform contains vtk.exe which is essentially a wish.exe replacement that allows you to run VTK TCL scripts without doing any other installation or configuration. Tcl/Tk 8.4.13 is statically linked into the 5.2.0 build of vtk.exe. For Python or Java support, or for Linux or Macintosh systems, you will have to compile VTK from source code using CMake and a native build system for your platform. Note that the latest release & CD options are better tested and easier to install, but will not have the latest and greatest features available in the CVS tree. CVS access allows incremental updates to the software, plus CVS manages those nasty line feed problems going between Unix and Windows systems. You can also:
Latest Release (5.2.0)
CVS tag: " VTK-5-2-0"
CVS branch: " VTK-5-2"
Previous Release (5.0.4)
CVS tag: " VTK-5-0-4"
CVS branch: " VTK-5-0"
Access the CVS source-code repositoryThere are two ways to obtain CVS access to the VTK source code repository: as a user (anonymous, read-only access); or as a developer (read/write access). One of the advantages of CVS access is that you can incrementally update your repository without having to retrieve the entire source distribution. The following instructions assume that you know how to use CVS. You may also use CVS Web access to browse the revision history of all of the code in VTK. Anonymous User Read-Only Access You can obtain read-only access to the CVS repository as follows.
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTK login
Follow this command by checking out the source code: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTK checkout VTK This CVS tree is VTK 5.x. Execute the CVS checkout in a clean directory. It will create a VTK directory, overwriting any existing VTK tree. You will also need CMake which is the cross platform build system that drives VTK builds. For testing purposes
you might wish to checkout the CVS VTKData:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTKData login cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTKData checkout VTKData Developer Read/Write
Access Individuals who have
demonstrated trustworthy behavior, have contributed to the VTK community
in significant ways, or can convince the VTK community of these qualities,
can obtain CVS read/write access. In this case, contact
someone at Kitware (kitware@kitware.com) to set up an account. Once you
have your username and password, do the same as above, except use your
username in place of anonymous, along with the correct password. Download additional componentsNightly Documentation Archive The documentation for the nightly build of VTK is also available as a gzipped tarball: vtkNightlyDocHtml.tar.gz This is useful if you would like your own local copy of the VTK documentation without spending the extra time and effort to build it yourself. MPEG2 Source Code Download a CMake-ified source tree of the patented MPEG2 library with the different flavors of line endings from one of these links: Windows: vtkmpeg2encode.zip or Unix/Mac: vtkmpeg2encode.tar.gz FFMPEG Source Code The FFMPEG multimedia library source code can be obtained either from the sourceforge web site or by downloading ffmpeg_source.tar.gz Unsupported Linux Pre-Compiled Binaries (RPMS) You can download RPMS for VTK from Creatis VTK web page. Thanks go to the Creatis team at Insa-Lyon (France) for maintaining them. Questions regarding these packages should be forwarded to a Creatis representative. Questions / ProblemsFor problems or questions
we recommend that you subscribe to the vtk mailing list and post your
questions there. Or send email to: kitware@kitware.com. LogosDownload high-resolution logos. If you need more logos, different sizes or background colors, please contact support@kitware.com.
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