Hallo!,

I'd like to install povray on a linux computer (equipped with an old suse
distribution) for which I don't have the root passwd.
I follow the instructions given on povray.org for the binary installation
and use the suggested directory for the installation, i.e.

$HOME/usr/share/povray-3.6/

When I come to run the test: /.install test it says that it's not able to
find the file "scenes/advanced/biscuit.pov".
If I try to run povray on a file it says me:

INI file error.
Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/.DEF file
'//oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo//'.

Does anybody can help me saying what manual steps I have to do for making
povray work under these conditions?

Thank you in advance!

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> When I come to run the test: /.install test it says that it's not able to
> find the file "scenes/advanced/biscuit.pov".

	It works for me.  Are you sure there was no error while running
the install script?  If everything worked as expected, the script should
have created a $HOME/.povray/3.6/povray.ini file for you, containing the
following entries near the end:

;--- Lines added by POV-Ray 3.6 install script ---
Library_Path="$HOME/usr/share/povray-3.6"
Library_Path="$HOME/usr/share/povray-3.6/ini"
Library_Path="$HOME/usr/share/povray-3.6/include"
;---------------------------------------------------

	where $HOME is the actual path to your home directory (not the
verbatim variable as in the example).

	If you don't have this, it's likely something went wrong during
the installation procedure.  Try to run again ./install and check the
output for errors or warnings.

> If I try to run povray on a file it says me:
> 
> INI file error.
> Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/.DEF file
> '//oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo//'.

	This is pretty weird.  This "//ooooooo..." text is some comment at
the top of the biscuit.pov file.  You should tell us precisely how you
invoqued povray to get such an error.

	- NC

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Ok, thanks for your answer Nicolas,

after your confirmation that things should have worked correctly I tried to
look more deeply at the configuration of this computer and I discovered
that a previous version of povray was already present on the filesystem in
/usr/. This version was not properly installed but any call the executable
"povray" was intercept by the previous version that used a different
povray.ini non properly configured.

I simply prepended the directory of the new version in the $PATH list and
now everything is working correctly!

Thank you again for your time!

Martin

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> I simply prepended the directory of the new version in the $PATH list and
> now everything is working correctly!

	Yes, IIRC the install script tells you at the end that you should
upgrade immediatly your PATH setting (otherwise an installation in a non-
standard directory cannot be used properly).

	Have fun using POV!

	- NC

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