# Error in installing OpenIGTLink

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-in-installing-openigtlink/8015>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-in-installing-openigtlink/8015 "2019-08-13T19:59:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahmed\_elshreif](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ahmed_elshreif/32/4311_2.png) [@ahmed\_elshreif](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ahmed_elshreif)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-in-installing-openigtlink/8015/1 "2019-08-13T19:59:33Z")

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I use windows 10 with amd64 what is the version of the Cmake that should I use and which generator to use with is like the attached image

 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/5/c5e0b9f9b1affa8b609c184a199b41bce51b5f07.png)

Also after that I how tyo compile the sln as I tried to compile it with diffrent versions of Visual studio but I don’t get the 2 files that is needed as the build instructions here say:

[github.com](https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/blob/master/BUILD.md)

#### [openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/blob/master/BUILD.md](https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/blob/master/BUILD.md)

```auto
The OpenIGTLink Library Build Instruction
=========================================

Linux / Mac OS X
----------------

First, obtain the source code from the repository using Git. To simply download
the code, run the following command from a terminal:

~~~~
$ git clone https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink.git
~~~~

Then configure using CMake. The library requires CMake version higher than 2.4.

~~~~
$ mkdir OpenIGTLink-build
$ cd OpenIGTLink-build
$ cmake -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON ../OpenIGTLink
$ make

```

This file has been truncated. [show original](https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/blob/master/BUILD.md)

Also this is the logs of the configration and I don’t know whats wrong

Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.14393.0 to target Windows 10.0.18362.  
The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24215.1  
The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24215.1  
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86\_amd64/cl.exe  
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86\_amd64/cl.exe – works  
Detecting C compiler ABI info  
Detecting C compiler ABI info - done  
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86\_amd64/cl.exe  
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86\_amd64/cl.exe – works  
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info  
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done  
Detecting CXX compile features  
Detecting CXX compile features - done  
Looking for pthread.h  
Looking for pthread.h - not found  
Found Threads: TRUE  
Looking for getsockname in socket  
Looking for getsockname in socket - not found  
Checking for getsockname with socklen\_t  
Checking for getsockname with socklen\_t – no  
Looking for strnlen  
Looking for strnlen - found  
Looking for SO\_REUSEADDR  
Looking for SO\_REUSEADDR - not found  
Looking for sys/types.h  
Looking for sys/types.h - found  
Looking for stdint.h  
Looking for stdint.h - found  
Looking for stddef.h  
Looking for stddef.h - found  
Check size of int  
Check size of int - done  
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Check size of \_\_int64  
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Check size of int64\_t  
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CMake Warning (dev) at C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/OpenIGTLinkConfig.cmake:67 (include):  
Policy CMP0024 is not set: Disallow include export result. Run “cmake  
–help-policy CMP0024” for policy details. Use the cmake\_policy command to  
set the policy and suppress this warning.

The file

```auto
C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/OpenIGTLinkTargets.cmake

```

was generated by the export() command. It should not be used as the  
argument to the include() command. Use ALIAS targets instead to refer to  
targets by alternative names.

Call Stack (most recent call first):  
Testing/CMakeLists.txt:4 (find\_package)  
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

– Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.14393.0 to target Windows 10.0.18362.

– Configuring done

– Generating done

– Build files have been written to: C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download

Microsoft ® Build Engine version 14.0.25420.1  
Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Build started 8/12/2019 12:55:01 PM.

Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ALL\_BUILD.vcxproj” on node 1 (default targets).

Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ALL\_BUILD.vcxproj” (1) is building “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ZERO\_CHECK.vcxproj” (2) on node 1 (default targets).  
PrepareForBuild:

Creating directory “x64\Debug\ZERO\_CHECK”.

Creating directory “x64\Debug\ZERO\_CHECK\ZERO\_CHECK.tlog”.

InitializeBuildStatus:

Creating “x64\Debug\ZERO\_CHECK\ZERO\_CHECK.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild” because “AlwaysCreate” was specified.

CustomBuild:

Checking Build System

CMake does not need to re-run because C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp is up-to-date.

FinalizeBuildStatus:

Deleting file “x64\Debug\ZERO\_CHECK\ZERO\_CHECK.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild”.

Touching “x64\Debug\ZERO\_CHECK\ZERO\_CHECK.tlog\ZERO\_CHECK.lastbuildstate”.

Done Building Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ZERO\_CHECK.vcxproj” (default targets).

Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ALL\_BUILD.vcxproj” (1) is building “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googlemock.vcxproj” (3) on node 1 (default targets).

PrepareForBuild:  
Creating directory “x64\Debug\googlemock”.

Creating directory “x64\Debug\googlemock\googlemock.tlog”.

InitializeBuildStatus:

Creating “x64\Debug\googlemock\googlemock.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild” because “AlwaysCreate” was specified.

ComputeCustomBuildOutput:

Creating directory “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googlemock-prefix\src\googlemock-stamp\Debug”.

Creating directory “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\CMakeFiles\Debug”.

CustomBuild:

Creating directories for ‘googlemock’

Building Custom Rule C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt

CMake does not need to re-run because C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp is up-to-date.

Performing download step (download, verify and extract) for ‘googlemock’

– Downloading…

```auto
 dst='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/googletest-download/googlemock-prefix/src/release-1.7.0.zip'
 timeout='none'

```

– Using src=‘[https://github.com/google/googlemock/archive/release-1.7.0.zip’](https://github.com/google/googlemock/archive/release-1.7.0.zip%E2%80%99)

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– extracting…

```auto
   src='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/googletest-download/googlemock-prefix/src/release-1.7.0.zip'
   dst='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/gmock'

```

– extracting… [tar xfz]

– extracting… [analysis]

– extracting… [rename]

– extracting… [clean up]

– extracting… done

No update step for ‘googlemock’

No patch step for ‘googlemock’

No configure step for ‘googlemock’

No build step for ‘googlemock’

No install step for ‘googlemock’

No test step for ‘googlemock’

Completed ‘googlemock’

FinalizeBuildStatus:

Deleting file “x64\Debug\googlemock\googlemock.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild”.

Touching “x64\Debug\googlemock\googlemock.tlog\googlemock.lastbuildstate”.

Done Building Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googlemock.vcxproj” (default targets).

Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ALL\_BUILD.vcxproj” (1) is building “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googletest.vcxproj” (4) on node 1 (default targets).

PrepareForBuild:  
Creating directory “x64\Debug\googletest”.

Creating directory “x64\Debug\googletest\googletest.tlog”.

InitializeBuildStatus:

Creating “x64\Debug\googletest\googletest.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild” because “AlwaysCreate” was specified.

ComputeCustomBuildOutput:

Creating directory “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googletest-prefix\src\googletest-stamp\Debug”.

CustomBuild:

Creating directories for ‘googletest’

Building Custom Rule C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt

CMake does not need to re-run because C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp is up-to-date.

Performing download step (download, verify and extract) for ‘googletest’

– Downloading…

```auto
 dst='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/googletest-download/googletest-prefix/src/release-1.7.0.zip'
 timeout='none'

```

– Using src=‘[https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.7.0.zip’](https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.7.0.zip%E2%80%99)

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– extracting…

```auto
   src='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/googletest-download/googletest-prefix/src/release-1.7.0.zip'
   dst='C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink_build/Testing/gtest'

```

– extracting… [tar xfz]

– extracting… [analysis]

– extracting… [rename]

– extracting… [clean up]

– extracting… done

No update step for ‘googletest’

No patch step for ‘googletest’

No configure step for ‘googletest’

No build step for ‘googletest’

No install step for ‘googletest’

No test step for ‘googletest’

Completed ‘googletest’

FinalizeBuildStatus:

Deleting file “x64\Debug\googletest\googletest.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild”.

Touching “x64\Debug\googletest\googletest.tlog\googletest.lastbuildstate”.

Done Building Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\googletest.vcxproj” (default targets).

PrepareForBuild:

Creating directory “x64\Debug\ALL\_BUILD”.

Creating directory “x64\Debug\ALL\_BUILD\ALL\_BUILD.tlog”.

InitializeBuildStatus:

Creating “x64\Debug\ALL\_BUILD\ALL\_BUILD.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild” because “AlwaysCreate” was specified.

CustomBuild:

Building Custom Rule C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt

CMake does not need to re-run because C:/Devel/OpenIGTLink\_build/Testing/googletest-download/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp is up-to-date.

FinalizeBuildStatus:

Deleting file “x64\Debug\ALL\_BUILD\ALL\_BUILD.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild”.

Touching “x64\Debug\ALL\_BUILD\ALL\_BUILD.tlog\ALL\_BUILD.lastbuildstate”.

Done Building Project “C:\Devel\OpenIGTLink\_build\Testing\googletest-download\ALL\_BUILD.vcxproj” (default targets).

Build succeeded.

```auto
0 Warning(s)
0 Error(s)

```

Time Elapsed 00:00:03.70

Found PythonInterp: C:/Users/diigi/Anaconda2/python.exe (found version “2.7.15”)  
Configuring done

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-in-installing-openigtlink/8015/2 "2019-08-13T20:35:19Z")

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A response was added to your original thread where this same message was posted.

> [@Real Time Visualization](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/real-time-visualization/7854/13):
>
> @ahmed_elshreif Your OpenIGTLink build succeeded as evident by the following: Build succeeded. 0 Warning(s) 0 Error(s) igtlSocketTest.cxx is currently [commented out](https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/blob/eb71a36a0603db4971771738b4afde63a034c596/Testing/CMakeLists.txt#L59-L61) from the OpenIGTLinkTesting project. Someone had a similar issue and the developer that previously spent a lot of time on the project responded [here](https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/issues/187#issuecomment-398576462). As you have noticed the build instructions are not completely up-to-date, however you have built the project successfully.

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**Author:** ![ahmed\_elshreif](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ahmed_elshreif/32/4311_2.png) [@ahmed\_elshreif](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ahmed_elshreif)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-in-installing-openigtlink/8015/3 "2019-08-14T17:22:44Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
>
> onse was added to your original thread where this same message was posted.
> 
> [Real Time Visualization](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/real-time-visualization/7854/13) [Support](https://discourse.slicer.org/c/support)

how can I run this example or start using the OpenIGTLink in sending data to the slicer?