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issakomi edited this page May 20, 2026 · 16 revisions

Example how to build Aliza MS on Linux

Please note that the example is not applicable for distribution's package build. Here ITK will be linked statically. Linux distributions usually have policies to use system's shared libraries (for ITK there will be tons of dependencies).

Requirements

  • git
  • cmake
  • C++ compiler (e.g. GCC)
  • make (or other e.g. ninja)

For Linux system's Zlib is used in examples below, for both, ITK and AlizaMS build. This is not a strict requirement. Package name on Debian systems is zlib1g-dev, on Fedora zlib-devel.

Qt

Qt 4, 5 or 6 can be used. If Qt is from distribution (look for development packages) nothing special should be done usually, otherwise check Qt web-sites for instructions how to install binary version or build Qt from source. If using custom Qt: set Qt environment, at least PATH to Qt's bin folder with qmake before running cmake for Aliza MS.

ITK

Build ITK. Is is also possible to use distribution's ITK development packages (version 4.x.x or 5.x.x) and skip this step. But it is recommended to build locally.

cd $HOME

mkdir itk

cd itk

git clone -b v5.4.4 https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK

(or download a release, recommended is 5.4.4, don't forget to disable "build testing", it will take longer and take a lot of space)

mkdir build

cd build

cmake -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB:BOOL=ON ../ITK

make

Note: make -jN (N = number or threads) e.g. make -j4 can be used.

Build Aliza MS

Required: set ALIZA_QT_VERSION to Qt major version - 4, 5 or 6. There are more options, it is possible to use cmake-gui to look at the options, here is minimal example

cd $HOME

mkdir alizams

cd alizams

git clone https://github.com/AlizaMedicalImaging/AlizaMS.git

(or download a release and extract)

mkdir build

cd build

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DALIZA_QT_VERSION:STRING=5 -DITK_DIR:STRING=$HOME/itk/build -DMDCM_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB:BOOL=ON ../AlizaMS

make

Note: make -jN (N = number or threads) e.g. make -j4 can be used.

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