POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Installation Problems : Re: Installation Problems Server Time
5 May 2024 16:28:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Installation Problems  
From: Warp
Date: 2 Jun 2010 01:02:30
Message: <4c05e5e6@news.povray.org>
Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 06:30 PM, nixnine wrote:
> > I am using Linux Mint 9 and have installed povray through synaptic package
> > manager.  The problem I am having is that I can't find the program launcher
> > anywhere.  If I "povray" in terminal I just get a bunch of info concerning the
> > program.  Can anyone help me with getting the the GUI for the program?
> > 
> > 
> There is no unix/linux gui for povray ... a text editor (gedit or the
> like) is used to create the scene description file and it is submitted
> to the povray program via command line options/arguments. If the version
> of povray that you have installed was built with the proper libraries
> you can get a display of the render as it's taking place.

  See also:
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:Miscellaneous#Topic_10

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                                                          - Warp


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