Hi Robert, thanks! I will give it a try :-) Greetings! Fabian * Robert wrote 18 Aug 2005: > Hi Fabian, > > >I am looking for an rpm package of vtk (Visualization > >Toolkit) which works with SL 4.1. I found one vtk-4.5 > >package, but it needs a newer 'libstdc++'. I get this > >message: > > > >rpm -i vtk-4.5.0-0.cvs.13.fc4.i386.rpm > >error: Failed dependencies: > > libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) is needed by > > vtk-4.5.0-0.cvs.13.fc4.i386 > > > >Maybe, anybody knows where I get a suitable package!? > > I tend to find that it's best to compile vtk from source. I know it's a > pain, but there are so many options when compiling vtk that it's almost > always the case that any pre-built packages don't quite provide what I'm > after. For instance I tend to want the Java, Tcl and Python wrappings, > the docs, the examples, the patented classes, and so on. > > Although at first vtk does seem a bit daunting to compile from scratch, > it's a lot better than it used to be. I find the cvs version tends to > work a lot better than the releases (you can find that here: > http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php#cvs) and indeed I compiled vtk only > a couple of weeks ago on my SL4.1 box and it worked first time (it did > take about an hour though!)... > > Rob > > -- > Robert Haines > > Research Associate, RealityGrid Tel. : +44 (0)161 275 6067 > Manchester Computing Fax. : +44 (0)161 275 6800 > University of Manchester Email: [log in to unmask] > Oxford Road Web : www.realitygrid.org > Manchester, M13 9PL : www.sve.man.ac.uk > --