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28 Jul 2024 18:26:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help for a first-timer.  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 11 Aug 1999 11:03:38
Message: <37B1914A.77864E6F@geocities.com>
Nieminen Mika wrote:

> Jon A. Cruz <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote:
> : cd to ......./povray31/source/
> : read the docs. :-)
> : cd to ./unix
> : typed either "make newxwin" or "make newunix"
> : voila! it's done.
>
>   Only if you already have libz.a and libpng.a installed in your system.
> If not, you have to build them first.
>   Sometimes you also need to edit the makefile first.
>   And in Linux you can also "make newsvga" which should be better than
> "make newunix" (which have no graphics support).

I was assuming that he might want either good graphics (Xwin) or none
(Text).  :-)

Hopefully all this information will help him get started, and we'll see him
in IRC.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.


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