Build Slicer3 on Dell Laptop Inspiron 1501 (Fedora Core 6)

If Fedora Core 6 has been installed on Dell Laptop Inspiron 1501, follow these steps to build Slicer3 on it:

Install tcl/tk

• Download free Tcl/Tk binary for linux from here:

http://downloads.akctivestate.com/ActiveTcl/Linux/8.4.14/ActiveTcl8.4.14.0.272572-linux-ix86.tar.gz

• Login as root and install Tcl/Tk
• Get Slicer3 source code:

 svn co http://www.na-mic.org/svn/Slicer3/trunk Slicer3

• To build Slicer3 with opentracker, modify Slicer3/CMakeLists.txt as follows:

1. Find this line

 OPTION(USE_OPENTRACKER "Need OpenTracker lib to build IGT Demo module." OFF)

Change it to

 OPTION(USE_OPENTRACKER "Need OpenTracker lib to build IGT Demo module." ON)

1. Find this part

 FIND_LIBRARY(OPENTRACKER_LIB 
              NAMES opentrackerd opentracker
              PATHS ""
              )

Change it to

 FIND_LIBRARY(OPENTRACKER_LIB 
              NAMES opentrackerd opentracker
              PATHS /home/surg/projects/splot-build/opentracker/lib
              )

1. Find this part

 FIND_PATH(OPENTRACKER_INC_DIR "OpenTracker/OpenTracker.h" 
          /home/surg/projects/splot-build/opentracker/include
          "" 
          )

Change it to

 FIND_PATH(OPENTRACKER_INC_DIR "OpenTracker/OpenTracker.h" 
          /home/surg/projects/splot-build/opentracker/include
          )

• Build Slicer3:

 ./Slicer3/Scripts/getbuildtest.tcl

• Run Slicer3:

 ./Slicer3-build/bin/Slicer3