[Work in Progress] Install vtk 6.3 library

The Visualization toolkit (Kitware) - http://www.vtk.org/ - open-source software for 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization.

Relevant Information

VTK usage on Neptus was only tested with vtk 6.3 versions, latest version may not work properly.

sudo apt-get install libvtk6.3 libvtk-java

Download this compressed file and extract it into your Neptus folder.

(VTK compiled using MinGW-w64)

Operative System we used: Windows 10 x64

Java JDK 1.8.0 build 131 (oracle.com)
Apache Ant v1.10.1 (ant.apache.org) | Defined JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME (www.mkyong.com/ant/how-to-install-apache-ant-on-windows/) | Define ANT_OPTS=”-Xms10m -Xmx912m”
CMake v3.9.1 x64 (cmake.org) | Choose “Add to system PATH” when asked during installation
Make v3.81 (gnuwin32.sourceforge.net) | Add “...\bin” folder to “Path” in Environment Variables
Win-builds v1.5.0 (win-builds.org) | Choose “x86-64” Hit “Process” Add “...\bin” folder to “Path” in Environment Variables

Open a Command Prompt window
Go to the build directory
Run “make all”
Wait until it finishes (can take over half an hour) | NOTE: We came across an error in a function called 'xmlModulePlatformOpen', in the file ‘xmlmodule.c’ stating that 'RTLD_NOW' is undeclared. We were required to declare it in the file in question. The value for 'RTLD_NOW' can be found in the header located in the MinGW sub-folder “...\include\evil-1\dlfcn.h”. In our case the declaration is “# define RTLD_NOW 0x00002”. Add this in the file ‘xmlmodule.c’, before the function 'xmlModulePlatformOpen'.
Open a Command Prompt window as an Administrator
Go to the build directory
Run “make install”

We used NSIS (nsis.sourceforge.net). We included the Mingw-w64 v3.3.0 library dependencies below in the VTK lib sub-folder.

Mingw-w64 v3.3.0 (win-builds.org)