POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : freeBSD without X : Re: freeBSD without X Server Time
6 Oct 2024 14:34:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: freeBSD without X  
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Date: 26 Nov 2002 03:55:40
Message: <3de3370c$1@news.povray.org>
"pan" <pan### [at] syixcom> wrote...
> How can I compile a command line only version of
> 3.5 for freeBSD 4.7-stable?
>
> I'm experimenting with generating images from
> php scripts on a web server and X just doesn't
> fit into the schema.
>
> Is this possible?
> IIRC, the old DOS versions were command line ...
>
> Is not having the splash screen come up a
> show stopper for this use of povray?

It seems to me that pov-ray isn't designed to be compiled under all unices.
You'll probably need to edit the generated Makefiles by hand. The install
instructions are very vague unfortunately.
/Daniel


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