# Transition to VTK 8.0

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transition-to-vtk-8-0/379>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** build, vtk, qt\
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transition-to-vtk-8-0/379 "2017-05-24T19:44:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transition-to-vtk-8-0/379/4 "2017-05-24T21:19:53Z")

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> [@lassoan](#):
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> compatible with both VTK7 and VTK8 with (using #ifdefs, similarly how we did it for VTK5-\>VTK6 transition).

Look like we will have a CMake option to choose one or the other.

> [@fedorov](#):
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> can you please comment whether C++11 will be enabled for VTK compiled with Slicer?

Will comment later. Depending on what require c++11, we may add this requirement at a later time and patch Slicer/VTK fork.

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