Octaviz, VTK, & Octave CMAKE???

[Labitt, Bruce]

Not sure if I've got anything right yet.  I think vtk got installed...
However, I'm not even sure on how to test this.  

Now, onto octaviz.

I am getting a cmake configuration error.  Before I ask the question, I
need to know what the following two dots means in the expression:

VTK_DIR   :  /usr/local/bin/../lib/vtk-5.0

The "explanation" of the line according to cmake is:  

	VTK_DIR: The directory containing VTKConfig.cmake.  This is
either the root of the build 	tree, or PREFIX/lib/vtk for an
installation.

I have changed the line above to /usr/local/lib/vtk-5.0 where the file
VTKConfig.cmake exists.

Of course this does not change the error.

In my cmake-log I have the following:

CMake Error: Error in cmake code at :7:
LOAD_COMMAND Attempt to load command failed from file
"libcmVTK_WRAP_TCL2.so" 
Current CMake stack:
/home/xxx/octaviz/CMakeLists.txt;/usr/share/cmake-2.4/Modules/CMakeCInfo
rmation.cmake;
/usr/;/usr/share/cmake-2.4/Modules/CMakeCXXInformation.cmake;/usr/local/
lib/vtk-5.0/UseVTK.cmake

CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
/usr/local/lib/vtk-5.0/UseVTK.cmake:35:
A command failed during the invocation of macro
"VTK_LOAD_SINGLE_CMAKE_EXTENSION".

etc...


/rant on

What a colossal pain this is.  I cannot believe how difficult it is to
get halfway decent 3D graphics on linux.  All these machinations are so
I can visualize my data - so I can get back to work.  One would think
this has been done before and there would relatively simple scripts to
get you there.  vtk should work, but it has been the most painful
exercise ever...

/rant off

Sorry to vent.  Anyone got some helpful suggestions?

-Bruce