ITK/WrapITKInstallLinux
Installation Linux
This section describes how to install ITK with python wrappings on Fedora 19 or 20, or Ubuntu 14. This can of course be extended to other Linuxes.
Step 1: Dependencies
Fedora 20 has very few packages installed y default, so you may have to install them manually.
On Fedora 20:
- yum install gcc
- yum install python-devel
- yum install vxl
Python will need to be installed along with the Python development headers (Python.h), which is not the case on most platforms:
- Install the python-devel package.
Step 2: Setup the build
Clone the git repository in /home/yourname/ITK:
- cd
- git clone git://itk.org/ITK.git
- git checkout tags/v4.5.2 # Optional, if you want to use a stable version
Create a build directory, it is recommended to build outside of the source directory:
- mkdir build
- cd build
Use cmake to configure your build
- ccmake ../ITK -DITK_WRAP_PYTHON=ON
Set different variables, you may have to configure [C] the build 2 or 3 times. Use the advanced mode [T] to see all the possibilities.
- ITK_WRAP_PYTHON = ON
- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS = ON
- PYTHON_EXECUTABLE = /usr/bin/python
- USE_SYSTEM_SWIG=OFF # Will use ITK's swig (recommended)
On Fedora 19 or 20:
- PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/include/python2.7
- PYTHON_LIBRARY = /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
- PY_SITE_PACKAGES_PATH = /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
On Ubuntu 14:
- PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/python2.7
- PYTHON_LIBRARY = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0
- PY_SITE_PACKAGES_PATH = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Once configuration is finished, you may now generate the needed files by pressing [g].
Step 3: Run the build
- make
Step 4: Install
You need to have root access to install ITK (if you left the default installation path):
On Fedora:
- su # Type your root password
- make install
On Ubuntu: Here, the super-user account is disabled by default, run the install step like this:
- sudo make install # Type your root password
ITK will install by default in /usr/local/lib. Now, you have to tell the system that the files have been installed here.
- cd /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
- add a file called itk-46.conf, which should contain only one line: /usr/local/lib
- ldconfig # tells the system to read the files in ld.so.conf.d
Step 5: Test your installation
- python
- import itk
- itk.Image
This should run without producing an error.
