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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
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Jens wrote:
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> 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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"Jens" <al.### [at] whitehouse gov> writes:
> 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.
Apart from the perissions problem, there are some remarks I have:
- the binary distributions include s-povray (for the console) and x-povray
(for X-Window);
- you can execute the program by giving the shell its full path, for
instance ./x-povray;
- maybe you expected a full user interface with an editor and all, but it
does not exist under Unix: you type your files in an editor, then run
povray on them.
Roland.
--
Les francophones m'appellent Roland Mas,
English speakers call me Rowlannd' Mass,
Nihongode hanasu hitoha [Lolando Masu] to iimasu.
Choisissez ! Take your pick ! Erande kudasai !
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Roland Mas wrote:
> - maybe you expected a full user interface with an editor and all, but it
> does not exist under Unix: you type your files in an editor, then run
> povray on them.
There is something like a user interface which is called XFPovray that
I've seen at the linux gazette under
http://lwp.ualg.pt/docs/lg/issue27/xfpovray.html
I haven't tried it yet but I will certainly this week.
Greetings,
Marc
--
Marc Schimmler
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Thank you for your help.
I changed the permissions and gave the full path to the shell and It worked.
I rendered the same file on the same machine with the same resolution and
size and the time taken by NT was 7min 39sec to render and for the Linux
version was 7min 38sec, not a very amazing result at all.
I haven't tryed yet the beta version suggested by Marc, I will one of this
days. anyway, thank you very much.
Greetings
Jens
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There is a graphical user interface for POV-Ray 3.02 for Unix at:
http://www.cmpu.net/public/wdh/pov_motif
It is modeled after the Windows version of POV-Ray. Binaries for Linux and Solaris
and source code are available. Freeware of course.
William D. Hayden
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