POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.unix: error "line 600: povray: command not found" at install

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : error "line 600: povray: command not found" at install		Server Time 23 Dec 2024 21:42:17 EST (-0500)

From: SL
Subject: error "line 600: povray: command not found" at install
Date: 7 Jan 2006 00:55:00
Message: <web.43bf572a69a69d091466d05a0@news.povray.org>

As the topic suggests I installed as root and ran the test for hte install
and returned this error, tried a reinstall, same result:

"  The install script will now run a short test render
  to check if POV-Ray is correctly configured.
  This test render will be without display since this
  is will often not work correctly in superuser mode.

  Type 'R' to run the test
  Type 'S' to skip it.

Your choice ([R]/S): r

  running test render...
/home/stephe/Povray/povray-3.6/install: line 600: povray: command not found"

Anyone have any ideas whats going wrong, is it my system.  I'm working with
Vector Linux SOHO 5.0.1 kernel 2.4.29 on a T21 thinkpad
thanks
SL

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From: Peter
Subject: Re: error "line 600: povray: command not found" at install
Date: 8 Jan 2006 03:43:20
Message: <43c0d0a7@news.povray.org>

SL wrote:
>   running test render...
> /home/stephe/Povray/povray-3.6/install: line 600: povray: command not
> found"

It appears that the povray executable is not on your path.  Can you check if
it is? (ie use command echo $PATH )

On my setup (Mandriva 2006.0) povray is in /usr/local/bin .

HTH

Peter

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