<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I followed instructions to install vtk, but after I open cmake and hit the configure button, I get a lot of error messages</div><div><br></div>
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<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64 -- broken</div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;">CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> It fails with the following output:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Change Dir: C:/VTKBuild/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Run Build Command:C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\Common7\IDE\VCExpress.exe</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE.sln /build Debug /project cmTryCompileExec</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.30729.1.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> The project consists entirely of configurations that require support for</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> platforms which are not installed on this machine. The project cannot be</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> loaded.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> The project consists entirely of configurations that require support for</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> platforms which are not installed on this machine. The project cannot be</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> loaded.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Invalid project</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Use:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> vcexpress [solutionfile | projectfile | anyfile.ext] [switches]</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> The first argument for devenv is usually a solution file or project file.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> You can also use any other file as the first argument if you want to have</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> the</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> file open automatically in an editor. When you enter a project file, the</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> IDE</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> looks for an .sln file with the same base name as the project file in the</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> parent directory for the project file. If no such .sln file exists, then</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> the</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> IDE looks for a single .sln file that references the project. If no such</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> single</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> .sln file exists, then the IDE creates an unsaved solution with a default</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> .sln</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> file name that has the same base name as the project file.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Command line builds:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> devenv solutionfile.sln /build [ solutionconfig ] [ /project</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> projectnameorfile [ /projectconfig name ] ]</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Available command line switches:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> /Log Logs IDE activity to the specified file for troubleshooting.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> /ResetSettings Restores the IDE's default settings, optionally resets to</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> the specified VSSettings file.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> /SafeMode Launches the IDE in safe mode loading minimal windows.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> Product-specific switches:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> /debugexe Open the specified executable to be debugged. The</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> remainder of the command line is passed to this</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> executable as its arguments.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> /useenv Use PATH, INCLUDE, LIBPATH, and LIB environment variables</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> instead of IDE paths for VC++ builds.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> To attach the debugger from the command line, use:</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> VsJITDebugger.exe -p <pid></span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> </span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;">Call Stack (most recent call first):</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#ff0000;"> CMakeLists.txt:5 (PROJECT)</span></div>
<div style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!</div></div></body></html>