[Insight-users] A challenge to all Windows users

[Kevin H. Hobbs]

On 12/22/2009 12:03 PM, URI wrote:
>I would like some of you Windows users to start fresh on a computer that has
> never had ITK or CMake or MinGW or any of that stuff on it and get ITK
> running from scratch, and then tell me step by step what you have done.

I am a long haired and bearded Linux guy who hasn't used Windows
regularly since Windows 98 so not only was the system unspoiled but so
was I. I used Windows 7 32-bit.

I'm typing this up after the fact because I wasn't sure it would work at
all given how much trouble you had. So I'm sorry if I miss something.

I downloaded the mingw installer MinGW-5.1.6.exe.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/MinGW%205.1.6/MinGW-5.1.6.exe/download

I downloaded the CMake installer.
http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.0-win32-x86.exe

I downloaded the Insight source zip file.
http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/itk/InsightToolkit-3.16.0.zip



I installed mingw with the c++ compiler added to the default options.
I added ";C:\MinGW\bin" at the end of the Windows PATH.

I installed CMake letting the installer add to PATH.

I unzipped the Insight source.
I created a Build directory outside of the Insight source directory.

I ran the CMake GUI.
I browsed to the Insight source directory.
I browsed to the build directory.
I hit configure.
I selected "MinGW MakeFiles"...
...
I waited...
...
I waited...
I hit configure again.
I hit generate.

I opened up a windows command prompt.
I cd'ed to my build directory.
I typed "mingw32-make" and hit enter.
I waited...

The build went fine, and it is testing itself now.

> reason I ask you to start with a system that has never had any of these
> programs installed is in case there are any hidden configuration issues that
> are already set on your existing systems (environment variables, registry
> settings, anything like that).
> 
> I have tried to get ITK working on two different systems, the first is
> 64-bit Windows 7 and the second is 32-bit Windows XP SP3.  I don't have any
> particular affinity for any specific compiler, I have been trying to use
> MinGW but if there is something else that works (preferably free) I am open
> to anything.  I think maybe this would be easier than me saying "Ok, now I'm
> getting this error" and having people try to figure out what I've done
> wrong.
> 
> If someone can accept the challenge please respond with the steps you used
> to get ITK up and running from scratch, including things like:
> 
> 1) where you downloaded the installation files
> 2) what settings you used when installing each program
> 3) what changes you made (if any) to your PATH variable
> 4) the directory names you used when installing
> 5) how you configured CMake (i.e. which directory did you use for your
> source and bin directories; what variable settings did you use)
> 
> 
> Basically everything and anything that could potentially cause a problem if
> not done correctly by a novice.  I can't believe that I'm the only open
> source/CMake/ITK novice who has run into these problems, and so I think lots
> of people would benefit from these sort of instructions.


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