Jens wrote:
> 
> I have been trying to install PovRay in my Linux machine, to compare the
> rendering speed under Linux with NT on the same machine, but since I am not
> a Linux expert I didn't succed. I followed all the instructions on the
> readme file but I cannot find the executable file 'povray', I even compiled
> from the source code for Unix machines the Linux version and I got a file
> called 'x-povray' which I can't execute at all. So if anybody has experience
> in installing Povray under Linux, I'd be very very grateful for your help.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jens


Hi Jens,

Just a guess.
Maybe the x-povray file isn't set to be executetable. Type 

ls -rtl x-povray

and look if the permission for the user is set to x (something like
-rwxr--r--). 
If not, you should use

chmod u+x x-povray

to change this.
I haven't compiled my povray version for linux myself (I use 3.02) but
downloaded it as binary from the www.povray.org site. If you want to use
3.1 there is a unofficial binary from Ron Parker at 


http://www.users.ezwv.com/~mclilith/download/index.html



Greetings,

Marc

-- 
Marc Schimmler

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