'CMake error: Could not find the VTK package with the following required components:GUISupportQt, ViewsQt

I compiled VTK in my RedHat 8.3 machine, and now when I want to compile an example in the /GUI/Qt/SimpleView with cmake I get the following error message when configuring:

CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:4 (find_package):
Found package configuration file:
home/user/Downloads/VTK-9.1.0/build/lib64/cmake/vtk-9.1/vtk-config.cmake
but it set VTK_FOUND to FALSE so package “VTK” is considered to be NOT FOUND.
Reason given by package:
Could not find the VTK package with the following required components:
GUISupportQt, ViewsQt.

Has anyone encountered this problem before ?

Thank you for your help.

c++qtvtk


Solution 1:[1]

This looks like you did not set the VTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_GuiSupportQt and VTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_ViewsQt options to "YES" when running configure in CMake.

Note: the abovementioned option names are only applicable for VTK >= 9; for VTK < 9, they are called Module_vtkGUISupportQt and Module_vtkViewsQt (and you might also need to enable Module_vtkGUISupportQtOpenGL and Module_vtkRenderingQt).

These options are not enabled by default, but they seem to be required by the example that you're trying to compile.

Don't worry, you shouldn't have to re-do everything now. To fix:

  • Open the CMake GUI.
  • Enter the folder where you built VTK in "Where to build the binaries".
  • If it's not checked, set the "Advanced" checkbox (the required options are not visible otherwise).
  • Set VTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_GuiSupportQt and VTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_ViewsQt options to "YES"
  • Press "Configure", and wait for it to finish
  • During Configuring, you might get an error, if CMake doesn't know how to find Qt; if so, enter the Qt5_DIR / Qt6_DIR, and press configure again.
  • Press "Generate", and wait for it to finish
  • Start the vtk build again (depends on what build tool you choose...)
  • Try configuring the example again, now you should not see the error message anymore.

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