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CMakeLists.txt

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

PROJECT(Joe)

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

add_executable(Joe MACOSX_BUNDLE Joe.cxx)

if(VTK_LIBRARIES)

 target_link_libraries(Joe ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

else()

 target_link_libraries(Joe vtkHybrid vtkWidgets)

endif() </syntaxhighlight>

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

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

cd Joe/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:

./Joe

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.