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From: Difkvol hadani
Subject: how to test my povray?
Date: 18 Feb 2002 02:23:28
Message: <3c70abf0$1@news.povray.org>
I'm very new to it.

I found no tutor about how to install it & test it.

My povray is an rpm package.
After I installed it, I know nothing about the next step.

Thank you.


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From: Thomas Willhalm
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 18 Feb 2002 04:22:32
Message: <3c70c7d7@news.povray.org>
Difkvol hadani wrote:
> 
> I found no tutor about how to install it & test it.
> 
> My povray is an rpm package.
> After I installed it, I know nothing about the next step.

Search for the html-docs. Something like 
/usr/local/share/doc/povray*/html/index.html
There is a tutorial included.

Thomas


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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 18 Feb 2002 04:42:13
Message: <3C70CC75.783CCA85@gmx.de>
Difkvol hadani wrote:
> 
> I'm very new to it.
> 
> I found no tutor about how to install it & test it.
> 
> My povray is an rpm package.
> After I installed it, I know nothing about the next step.
> 

With 'man povray' you can get some basic usage instructions including
information where the complete documentation can be found.  

Please read the messages in povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
concerning the cross-posting guidelines.

Christoph

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From: Syed Imran
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 18 Feb 2002 16:06:38
Message: <3C716CDE.19A20F45@massey.ac.nz>
Hi there,

    Thomas' idea is a very good one. If you are unaware of how to search
for the files installed by the povray rpm you can always type:
rpm -ql povray | less
from a console/terminal to see where the files are.

Regards,
Imran
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Thomas Willhalm wrote:

> Difkvol hadani wrote:
> >
> > I found no tutor about how to install it & test it.
> >
> > My povray is an rpm package.
> > After I installed it, I know nothing about the next step.
>
> Search for the html-docs. Something like
> /usr/local/share/doc/povray*/html/index.html
> There is a tutorial included.
>
> Thomas


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From: Dean MacIsaac
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 20 Feb 2002 12:31:24
Message: <3c73dd6c@news.povray.org>
I seem to be in the same boat!!!   I DL'd povray rpm, and it actually
uncompressed into a folder rather nicely.  Now I click install, and nothing
happens.  Do I need to install from the Konsole?  with extra typed commands?
I really want to use it, but hell I can't even get it to install.

TIA,

Dean


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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 20 Feb 2002 13:53:52
Message: <3C73F0C1.9FA08DF6@gmx.de>
Dean MacIsaac wrote:
> 
> I seem to be in the same boat!!!   I DL'd povray rpm, and it actually
> uncompressed into a folder rather nicely.  Now I click install, and nothing
> happens.  Do I need to install from the Konsole?  with extra typed commands?
> I really want to use it, but hell I can't even get it to install.
> 

Like Thorsten mentioned in p.newusers you should ask the one supplying the
rpm for any problems concerning it.  

The official version comes as a .tgz and includes installation script as
well as installation instructions.

ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Official/Linux/

Christoph

-- 
POV-Ray tutorials, IsoWood include,                 
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From: Syed Imran
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 20 Feb 2002 16:44:57
Message: <3C7418D8.CBEA1FDF@massey.ac.nz>
Hello there,

    Where did you get the rpm from? And how did the rpm extract itself into a
folder ?? you mean you just double/single clicked on the rpm package in
konqueror and it showed you a list of files ??

Just fire up a Konsole and do:
rpm -Uvh --force /path-topovray-rpm/povray.rpm

That should finish the installation and you can enjoy using Pov right away :-)
Oh, another thing... what version of povray is it? If it is 3.1 the command to
invoke pov would be: x-povray
and if it is 3.5betaxx (which I highly doubt) the command would be: povray

Regards,
Imran

Dean MacIsaac wrote:

> I seem to be in the same boat!!!   I DL'd povray rpm, and it actually
> uncompressed into a folder rather nicely.  Now I click install, and nothing
> happens.  Do I need to install from the Konsole?  with extra typed commands?
> I really want to use it, but hell I can't even get it to install.
>
> TIA,
>
> Dean


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From: Dean MacIsaac
Subject: Re: how to test my povray?
Date: 22 Feb 2002 11:46:35
Message: <3c7675eb$1@news.povray.org>
"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:3C73F0C1.9FA08DF6@gmx.de...

> Like Thorsten mentioned in p.newusers you should ask the one supplying the
> rpm for any problems concerning it.

I didn't think of p.newusers, I've been using it for windows for a while
now...  and I am asking the "one supplying it", my mistake... I called it an
RPM.

I believe my question was, once I have a nice little povray31 folder, then
what do I do?  But thanks for the help...


Dean


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