hi,

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > ... v3.8 ...

> v3.8 isn't part of the Debian-Rep, manually install is required.
> Would make things more difficult for me.

ok, provided you're "the owner", the attached script may help (tested on a
Debian 12.5).

to use, visit <https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tags/>, from there I used:
<https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/tag/v3.8.0-beta.2>

put the archive and the script in some directory.

the script will need adjusting in line 14, obvs, and line 25 where you provide
your user:group.

when run, it builds and "installs" the beta in a /tmp directory.  check the
results there and "rinse and repeat" until you're happy.  at that point you can
edit line 44 to remove the DESTDIR bit and install for real.

I tend to use the 'script(1)' utility to "record" what happens, ie:
  $ script -c ./povray.DebBuild build-log

hth and will encourage you to "have a go".


regards, jr.

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