PCL 1.7.0 fails to build from source on Debian Sid (VTK 5.10)

[thomas-moulard]

Dear PCL maintainers,
PCL fails to build from source with the following error on Debian Sid (VTK 5.10):

 [ 80%] Building CXX object examples/segmentation/CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/example_supervoxels.cpp.o
 cd /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/examples/segmentation && /usr/lib/ccache/c++   -DEIGEN_USE_NEW_STDVECTOR -DEIGEN_YES_I_KNOW_SPARSE_MODULE_IS_NOT_STABLE_YET -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NO_DEBUG -Dqh_QHpointer -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2  -pthread -fopenmp  -Wno-deprecated -O2 -g -DNDEBUG -isystem /usr/include/eigen3 -isystem /usr/include/ni -isystem /usr/include/qt4 -isystem /usr/include/qt4/QtGui -isystem /usr/include/qt4/QtCore -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/common/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/io/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/features/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/search/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/kdtree/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/octree/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/filters/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/keypoints/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/segmentation/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/sample_consensus/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/outofcore/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/geometry/include -I/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include -I/usr/include/vtk-5.8    -DBOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS -DEIGEN_NO_DEBUG -o CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/example_supervoxels.cpp.o -c /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp: In function 'void addSupervoxelConnectionsToViewer(PointT&, PointCloudT&, std::string, boost::shared_ptr<pcl::visualization::PCLVisualizer>&)':
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:472:11: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'class vtkPolyLine'
    polyLine->GetPointIds  ()->SetNumberOfIds(points->GetNumberOfPoints ());
            ^
 In file included from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.h:38:0,
                  from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkVectorText.h:35,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/impl/pcl_visualizer.hpp:44,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:2004,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyData.h:65:7: error: forward declaration of 'class vtkPolyLine'
  class vtkPolyLine;
        ^
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:474:13: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'class vtkPolyLine'
      polyLine->GetPointIds ()->SetId (i,i);
              ^
 In file included from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.h:38:0,
                  from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkVectorText.h:35,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/impl/pcl_visualizer.hpp:44,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:2004,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyData.h:65:7: error: forward declaration of 'class vtkPolyLine'
  class vtkPolyLine;
        ^
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:475:34: error: invalid user-defined conversion from 'vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyLine>' to 'int' [-fpermissive]
    cells->InsertNextCell (polyLine);
                                   ^
 In file included from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_geometry_handlers.h:48:0,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_handlers.h:41,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/common/actor_map.h:40,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:47,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:73:3: note: candidate is: vtkSmartPointer<T>::operator T*() const [with T = vtkPolyLine] <near match>
    operator T* () const
    ^
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:73:3: note:   no known conversion for implicit 'this' parameter from 'vtkPolyLine*' to 'int'
 In file included from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_geometry_handlers.h:48:0,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_handlers.h:41,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/common/actor_map.h:40,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:47,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of 'static vtkSmartPointer<T> vtkSmartPointer<T>::New() [with T = vtkPolyLine]':
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:459:73:   required from here
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:113:38: error: incomplete type 'vtkPolyLine' used in nested name specifier
      return vtkSmartPointer<T>(T::New(), NoReference());
                                  ^
 In file included from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_geometry_handlers.h:48:0,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_handlers.h:41,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/common/actor_map.h:40,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:47,
                  from /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of 'T* vtkSmartPointer<T>::operator->() const [with T = vtkPolyLine]':
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:472:11:   required from here
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:90:40: error: invalid static_cast from type 'vtkObjectBase* const' to type 'vtkPolyLine*'
      return static_cast<T*>(this->Object);
                                         ^
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of 'vtkSmartPointer<T>::operator T*() const [with T = vtkPolyLine]':
 /home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:475:34:   required from here
 /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:75:40: error: invalid static_cast from type 'vtkObjectBase* const' to type 'vtkPolyLine*'
      return static_cast<T*>(this->Object);
                                         ^
 make[4]: *** [examples/segmentation/CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/example_supervoxels.cpp.o] Error 1
 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
 make[3]: *** [examples/segmentation/CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/all] Error 2
 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
 dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2
 make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/moulard/debian-science/pcl'
 make: *** [build] Error 2

Apparently, the header providing the vtkPolyLine class is not included.

[Freddixx]

Just tried building PCL under Windows. I have the same problem.

[jspricke]

Hi Thomas, VTK 5.10 is still in experimental, not sid ;). Also we have #199 (VTK 6 support) already, so closing this one.

[pedropgusmao]

Dear PCL maintainers,

I have the same issue with PCL-1.7.0 and VTK 5.8 in Debian Jessie/sid. The current vtk package in Jessie is 5.8.
Thanks,

Pedro

examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:472:11: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘class vtkPolyLine’
polyLine->GetPointIds ()->SetNumberOfIds(points->GetNumberOfPoints ());
^
In file included from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.h:38:0,
from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkVectorText.h:35,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/impl/pcl_visualizer.hpp:44,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:2004,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyData.h:65:7: error: forward declaration of ‘class vtkPolyLine’
class vtkPolyLine;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:474:13: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘class vtkPolyLine’
polyLine->GetPointIds ()->SetId (i,i);
^
In file included from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.h:38:0,
from /usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkVectorText.h:35,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/impl/pcl_visualizer.hpp:44,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:2004,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkPolyData.h:65:7: error: forward declaration of ‘class vtkPolyLine’
class vtkPolyLine;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:475:34: error: invalid user-defined conversion from ‘vtkSmartPointer’ to ‘int’ [-fpermissive]
cells->InsertNextCell (polyLine);
^
In file included from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_geometry_handlers.h:48:0,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/point_cloud_handlers.h:41,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/common/actor_map.h:40,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/visualization/include/pcl/visualization/pcl_visualizer.h:47,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:7:
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:73:3: note: candidate is: vtkSmartPointer::operator T_() const [with T = vtkPolyLine]
operator T_ () const
^
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:73:3: note: no known conversion for implicit ‘this’ parameter from ‘vtkPolyLine_’ to ‘int’
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of ‘static vtkSmartPointer vtkSmartPointer::New() [with T = vtkPolyLine]’:
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:459:73: required from here
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:113:38: error: incomplete type ‘vtkPolyLine’ used in nested name specifier
return vtkSmartPointer(T::New(), NoReference());
^
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of ‘T_ vtkSmartPointer::operator->() const [with T = vtkPolyLine]’:
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:472:11: required from here
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:90:40: error: invalid static_cast from type ‘vtkObjectBase* const’ to type ‘vtkPolyLine_’
return static_cast<T_>(this->Object);
^
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h: In instantiation of ‘vtkSmartPointer::operator T_() const [with T = vtkPolyLine]’:
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/examples/segmentation/example_supervoxels.cpp:475:34: required from here
/usr/include/vtk-5.8/vtkSmartPointer.h:75:40: error: invalid static_cast from type ‘vtkObjectBase_ const’ to type ‘vtkPolyLine_’
return static_cast<T_>(this->Object);
^
make[2]: *** [examples/segmentation/CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/example_supervoxels.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [examples/segmentation/CMakeFiles/pcl_example_supervoxels.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

[jpapon]

I don't have any issues with VTK 5.8 and the trunk
@pedropgusmao Can you try updating the file? Or alternatively, add #include<vtkPolyLine.h> to example_supervoxels.cpp

[pedropgusmao]

Thanks @jpapon , the include adding #include<vtkPolyLine.h> to example_supervoxels.cpp worked fine.
However, I am getting another error:

[ 98%] Building CXX object apps/optronic_viewer/CMakeFiles/pcl_optronic_viewer.dir/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/moc_main_window.cxx.o
In file included from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/build/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/../../../../../../../apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/main_window.h:45:0,
from /home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/build/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/moc_main_window.cxx:9:
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:428:33: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_voxel_grid_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_voxel_grid_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:429:34: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_passthrough_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_passthrough_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:430:37: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_radius_outlier_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_radius_outlier_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:431:37: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_fast_bilateral_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_fast_bilateral_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:432:29: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_median_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_median_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:433:36: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_random_sample_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_random_sample_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:434:28: error: storage size of ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_plane_cf_name’ isn’t known
char g_plane_cf_name[];
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:437:74: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_voxel_grid_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< VoxelGridCF, g_voxel_grid_cf_name> VoxelGridCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:437:94: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< VoxelGridCF, g_voxel_grid_cf_name> VoxelGridCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:438:75: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_passthrough_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< PassThroughCF, g_passthrough_cf_name> PassThroughCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:438:96: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< PassThroughCF, g_passthrough_cf_name> PassThroughCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:439:78: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_radius_outlier_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< RadiusOutlierCF, g_radius_outlier_cf_name> RadiusOutlierCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:439:98: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< RadiusOutlierCF, g_radius_outlier_cf_name> RadiusOutlierCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:440:78: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_fast_bilateral_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< FastBilateralCF, g_fast_bilateral_cf_name> FastBilateralCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:440:98: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< FastBilateralCF, g_fast_bilateral_cf_name> FastBilateralCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:441:70: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_median_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< MedianCF, g_median_cf_name> MedianCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:441:91: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< MedianCF, g_median_cf_name> MedianCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:442:77: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_random_sample_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< RandomSampleCF, g_random_sample_cf_name> RandomSampleCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:442:97: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< RandomSampleCF, g_random_sample_cf_name> RandomSampleCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:443:69: error: could not convert template argument ‘pcl::apps::optronic_viewer::g_plane_cf_name’ to ‘const char_’
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< PlaneCF, g_plane_cf_name> PlaneCFF2;
^
/home/pedro/Downloads/pcl-pcl-1.7.0/apps/optronic_viewer/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/cloud_filter.h:443:90: error: invalid type in declaration before ‘;’ token
typedef CloudFilterFactory2< PlaneCF, g_plane_cf_name> PlaneCFF2;
^
make[2]: *_* [apps/optronic_viewer/CMakeFiles/pcl_optronic_viewer.dir/include/pcl/apps/optronic_viewer/moc_main_window.cxx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [apps/optronic_viewer/CMakeFiles/pcl_optronic_viewer.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Also, I am not sure if this is the place to report these problems. Is there a more convenient forum/site where I should post problems like this?

Thanks again,

Pedro

[jpapon]

Thanks @jpapon , the include adding #include to example_supervoxels.cpp worked fine.

No problem @pedropgusmao ! I'm actually really annoyed that the error slipped into 1.7.0 - I'm not sure why that include is needed on some systems but not on others.

I can't really help with that optronic_viewer problem, other than to suggest you disable its compilation unless you actually need to use it. The apps folder in general is disabled in default compilation.

Also, I am not sure if this is the place to report these problems. Is there a more convenient forum/site where I should post problems like this?

There's the pcl users mailing list, but for reporting errors/bugs this is an ok place (imo)- just try to make sure the error isn't a configuration problem on your side.