Compilers
Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 6 (VC 6) is known to produce errors during compilation. Apart from several linux-compilers (gcc 3.3, 3.4 and 4.0) the project is developed and tested with VC7.1 (2003) and VC8.0 (2005). Also MITK has been successfully compiled and run with the free-of-charge Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. gcc 2.9X is not supported anymore.
ITK Download
We recommend to use the latest stable ITK version. Usually MITK is compatible with the latest two versions of ITK.
VTK Download
Currently, VTK version 4.4 or 5.0 is required. VTK_USE_PARALLEL, VTK_USE_PATENTED (for VTK 4.4 and before only) and VTK_USE_HYBRID must be turned ON. VTK 4.2 will probably still work, but is no longer recommended (you need to turn VTK_USE_ANSI_STDLIB ON for 4.2).
CMake Download
MITK requires the latest stable CMake release. Note: "Installing" MITK via cmake (or using "make install") is not yet supported.
GUI-Toolkits
The core MITK library is GUI-toolkit independent. The main example is implemented for Qt and was tested with Qt version 3.3.3 and 3.3.4. Qt 4.x will be supported in the near future. You can get it from the Qt-Download page. If you are using windows and don't own a Qt license you can use Qt/Win Free.