Hi Dennis,

note also that next osgeo-live version 8.5 will include last stable
release of otb (4.2.1) and is planned for February.

Manuel

Le 23/12/2014 17:22, Dennis Duro a écrit :
> Thanks Manuel,
>
> In the meantime, I didn't realize that OSGEO-Live/VM contains OTB 4.0.
> While it's not cutting edge (4.2+), it certainly does the trick.
>
> I'm keen to see OTB-SuperBuild. I'll keep an eye out for any new
> developments. It sounds like a great way to deploy to inside of a VM
> and/or container!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dennis
>
> On 23 December 2014 at 11:06, Manuel Grizonnet
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Dennis,
>
>     thanks for your report, I think that we've improve the
>     configuration and compilation process in the last years but I
>     agree that there is room for improvement in the documentation. You
>     can concede that it is not easy as OTB depend on a set of external
>     libraries with there own development cycle, dependencies...
>
>     FYI to continue to improve the compilation process we're currently
>     working on a new project call OTB-Superbuild
>     (http://hg.orfeo-toolbox.org/OTB-SuperBuild/). To sum up it will
>     allow to download/configure/compile all of the otb dependencies
>     and OTB source code at once and facilitate the entire build process.
>
>     It is based on the powerful cmake feature called "External project" :
>
>     
> http://www.kitware.com/media/html/BuildingExternalProjectsWithCMake2.8.html
>
>     More info soon on the OTB list.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Manuel
>
>
>     Le 20/12/2014 19:52, dcd a écrit :
>>     There appears to be conflicting information on the website when
>>     it comes to compiling OTB from source. For example, the FAQ
>>     
>> <http://orfeo-toolbox.sourceforge.net/FAQ/OTB-FAQ.html#SECTION00052000000000000000>
>>     has slightly different instructions than the Software Guide
>>     <http://orfeo-toolbox.org/SoftwareGuide/SoftwareGuidech2.html>,
>>     and virtually no instructions are provided when installing via
>>     PPA
>>     <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-unstable>
>>     (other than how to install the PPA itself).
>>
>>     I'm sure for the well-initiated with compiling their own code
>>     that these are minor issues, but for an end-user like myself, it
>>     becomes a bit of challenge each time I'd like to install a newer
>>     version of OTB. Sure, I don't need to use the latest version (at
>>     the time of writing, 4.2), but I think some clear,
>>     non-conflicting instructions should be made available. For
>>     example, instead of listing the websites for the individual
>>     libraries required, identify the names of the specific libraries
>>     required for each distro.
>>
>>     Clear, updated step-by-step instructions are required with a time
>>     stamp, so that we might know whether the instructions are
>>     referring to some older version, or the latest, or are relevant
>>     to all versions. Perhaps a dedicated wiki-page for some of major
>>     distros (CentOS, Debian-specific, Ubuntu-specific, etc.) would be
>>     appropriate?
>>
>>     A (strongly) suggested alternative would be to provide a VM image
>>     (a dedicated OTB image vs. OSGEO-Live
>>     <http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html>) and/or Vagrant
>>     <https://www.vagrantup.com/>/Docker <https://www.docker.com/>
>>     options for rapid deployment. This way your end user isn't
>>     spending time fiddling with compiling, and instead, is spending
>>     more time using/testing the software. Another benefit of this
>>     approach is less time dealing with technical issues related to
>>     the multitude of distro/library combinations that are possible.
>>
>>     I think OTB is great, but I'd like to see less friction when it
>>     comes to trying out the latest version.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Friday, 19 December 2014 23:27:33 UTC-5, dcd wrote:
>>
>>         hg clone http://hg.orfeo-toolbox.org/OTB-
>>
>>         --dirs
>>         OTB (source) OTB-bin (folder for binaries)
>>
>>         --after cloning the source, and running configure in the
>>         cmake GUI, I get the following:
>>
>>          CMake Warning at CMake/ImportLibKML.cmake:22 (message):
>>            There is a known issue which does not allow to use
>>         internal libKML with
>>            external ITK in OTB.You might consider using an external
>>         LibKML.  See
>>            http://bugs.orfeo-toolbox.org/view.php?id=896 for details
>>          Call Stack (most recent call first):
>>            CMakeLists.txt:220 (include)
>>
>>         --back in cmake GUI, I then disable ITK external
>>         OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK = OFF (previously on)
>>
>>          ATTENTION: You have enabled the use of fftw, this library is
>>         distributed under a GPL license. By enabling this
>>          option, the binary of the ITK libraries that you are going
>>         to build will be covered by a GPL license, and so it
>>          will be any executable that you link against these libraries.
>>
>>          CMake Error: The following variables are used in this
>>         project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
>>          Please set them or make sure they are set and tested
>>         correctly in the CMake files:
>>          FFTWD_LIB (ADVANCED)
>>              linked by target "ITKFFT" in directory
>>         /home/prophet6/OTB/Utilities/ITK/Modules/Filtering/FFT/src
>>              linked by target "OTBBasicFilters" in directory
>>         /home/prophet6/OTB/Code/BasicFilters
>>          FFTWF_LIB (ADVANCED)
>>              linked by target "ITKFFT" in directory
>>         /home/prophet6/OTB/Utilities/ITK/Modules/Filtering/FFT/src
>>              linked by target "OTBBasicFilters" in directory
>>         /home/prophet6/OTB/Code/BasicFilters
>>
>>         --back in cmake GUI, I then disable FFTWD and FFTWF
>>         ITK_USE_FFTWD                   
>>         OFF                                                                  
>>            
>>
>>         ITK_USE_FFTWF                    OFF 
>>
>>         --seems to work, pressed 'g', then dumped to command line
>>         --ran sudo make install
>>
>>         everything seems to run fine; however, if I try running
>>         something from the command line, I get the following:
>>
>>         $ otbcli_ComputeConfusionMatrix
>>         /usr/local/bin/otbApplicationLauncherCommandLine: error while
>>         loading shared libraries: libOTBWrapperCommandLine.so.4.3:
>>         cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>>         I've followed the FAQ and install instructions, but perhaps
>>         I've missed something. I'm installing to VM with Ubuntu 14.10
>>         and GDAL 1.10 installed.
>>
>>         Are there updated detailed instructions anywhere? For
>>         example, in the FAQ under"Which libraries/packages are needed
>>         before compiling and installing OTB?
>>         
>> <http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/SoftwareGuide/SoftwareGuideli2.html#QQ2-14-22>",
>>         it lists the software, but not the actual packages that need
>>         to be installed. It would be nice to have a line that I can
>>         just cut and paste for apt-get to fetch everything needed.
>>         Also it would be nice to have setups that detail minimal
>>         installs (e.g., command line only) vs full installs
>>         (everything in the minimal plus montverdi etc.)
>>
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