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CMakeLists.txt

<syntaxhighlight lang="cmake"> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(Thing1)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED) include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(Thing1 MACOSX_BUNDLE Thing1.cxx)

if(VTK_LIBRARIES)

 target_link_libraries(Thing1 ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

else()

 target_link_libraries(Thing1 vtkHybrid vtkWidgets)

endif() </syntaxhighlight>

Click here to download Thing1. and its CMakeLists.txt file.

Once the tarball Thing1.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd Thing1/build

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./Thing1

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.

Hello there World

<source lang="cmake">> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

PROJECT(Var1)

FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED) INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})

ADD_EXECUTABLE(Var1 Var1.cxx) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(Var1 Var2)

</source>