Actually it's megapov I'm using at the moment, which does provide a 64-bit 
linux version. But I'm reasonably comfortable doing my own compilation 
anyway. Not sure if I need the x-windows display, since that's the kind of 
thing I want advice on! I'm not sure what the best way is to use pov under 
linux.

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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message 
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> Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>>
>>   About 2), I don't really know if the official binary is 32 or 64
>> bits, as I always compile the sources for my own platform.
>
> The only official binary currently available is a 32bit one.
>
>> The effort is
>> so minimal that any advantage is worth. I mean, compiling your own
>> version for you specific platform is very easy on Linux, and it should
>> take only a few minutes more than installing the official binary (just
>> make sure to install the development tools of your Linux distro).
>
> IIRC the only tools required are gcc and make.  Most distributions install 
> those by default.  For building with X Window display you need the 
> development packages for the X-Libs.
>
> Christoph
>
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