VTK

a kitware product

Download VTK here

To compile your own VTK, you have to install cmake first.

Make sure you have installed the X11 SDK (comes with original installation disks)

Make sure you have installed the OpenGL Framework (comes with XCode)

It works best if latest Python has been installed. You can get the latest Python package here.

Turn off USE CARBON

Turn on USE X11

Point to your correct X11 lib/inculde paths

Point to the correct python executable (under /usr/local/bin or under the Python /Library/Frameworks/..)