# CheckVTKVersion

VTKExamples/Cxx/Utilities/CheckVTKVersion

### Description

This example demonstrates how to check the VTK version with vtkVersion.

### Code

CheckVTKVersion.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      std::cout << vtkVersion::GetVTKSourceVersion() << std::endl;
      std::cout << vtkVersion::GetVTKMajorVersion() << std::endl;
      std::cout << vtkVersion::GetVTKMinorVersion() << std::endl;

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(CheckVTKVersion)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(CheckVTKVersion MACOSX_BUNDLE CheckVTKVersion.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(CheckVTKVersion ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build CheckVTKVersion

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Click here to download CheckVTKVersion and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball CheckVTKVersion.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd CheckVTKVersion/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./CheckVTKVersion

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.