OVT 2.3 RPM installation under LINUX

Install Java 1.4.x or 1.3.x

For example - Sun's j2se SDK 1.4.2:

download Linux RPM in self-extracting file from this page.
$ sh j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin
$ rpm -i j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.rpm

Install VTK 4.2 RPMS ( vtk-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm and vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm)

$ rpm -i vtk-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm
$ rpm -i vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm

If you get the dependency error about missing libraries (e.g. libstdc++.so.6, etc.) you should install them. You can use http://rpmfind.net to locate the appropriate RPM.

If you get:

error: Failed dependencies:
        libjawt.so is needed by vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930

Force vtk-java installation: $ rpm -i --nodeps vtk-java-4.3.0-1.cvs20030930.i386.rpm

Note, that VTK also requires OpenGL or Mesa libraries.

Install OVT RPM

$ rpm -i ovt-2.3-1.i386.rpm

Run OVT

$ /usr/local/bin/ovt