I'm not really an Unix admin or anything, but I have used it for a while
(and Linux).

Usually you can install a program to a subdirectory or your user home
and then just add it to your PATH environment variable. I'd end up
adding something likt "/home/joncruz/bin:/home/joncruz/gmake/bin"

But in general it's nice if you can get the common tools installed for
everyone to use. GNU Make is pretty much the standard make (standard in
the sense that it works the same on just about any platform, and that a
lot of people count on it), so it's usually a good idea to try to get
GNU Make and GCC installed.

J Kim wrote:

> Dear Nieminen,
>
>  I am trying to install the POV-Ray for Unix on a Digital
> AlphaServer4000 5/400 System(Digital Unix 4.0).  As per your
> instruction, I chose makefile.dec.
> It went OK upto this point.
> After that, I had a problem after I typed: gmake newunix
>        ksh: gmake:  not found
> Since I'm a real newbie to this Unix world, I really need some help in
> this regard.
>  Do I have to install the gmake program somewhere on the Digital Unix
> /bin?
>  Can I simply install in my subdirectory for the gmake to work?
>  Can I get the program from the www.gnu.org site?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jong
>
> Nieminen Mika wrote:
>
>>   Quick instructions how to compile POV-Ray for UNIX:
>>
>>   - Download the source code from
>>     ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Official/Unix/povuni_s.tgz
>>     to a temporary directory.
>>
>>   - Uncompress the file. If you don't know how, try with these
>> commands:
>>     gunzip povuni_s.tgz
>>     tar -xvf povuni_s.tar
>>
>>   - You can now delete povuni_s.tar if you want.
>>
>>   - Go to the povray31/source/ directory (cd povray31/source)
>>
>>   - In this directory, go to the zlib directory (cd zlib)
>>
>>   - Edit the Makefile. You may want to change the compiler to gcc
>> (or
>>     any other you like), ie. change the line "CC=cc" to "CC=gcc".
>> You may
>>     also want more optimizations, ie. change the line "CGLAGS=-O" to
>>
>>     "CFLAGS=-O3" or higher. The default settings are just fine,
>> thought.
>>
>>   - At the command prompt type: make libz.a
>>
>>   - Go to povray31/source/libpng/ (cd ../libpng/)
>>
>>   - See the contents of the 'scripts' subdirectory (ls scripts) and
>> copy
>>     the proper file to 'Makefile' in the current directory. For
>> example,
>>     if you are using SunOS you would type: cp scripts/makefile.sun
>> Makefile
>>
>>   - Edit the Makefile and change the compiler and flags. Once again,
>> the
>>     default settings are just fine and you don't have to change
>> anything
>>     if you don't want to.
>>
>>   - Type: make libpng.a
>>
>>   - Go to povray31/source/unix (cd ../unix/)
>>
>>   - Edit the makefile:
>>
>>     1) If you know that you can use libpng as a shared library, you
>> can
>>        leave the LIBPNG* lines as they are. Else, or if you are not
>> sure,
>>        comment the line "LIBPNGLIB = -L$(PNGDIR) -lpng" (add a # at
>> the
>>        beginning) and uncomment the line "LIBPNGLIB =
>> $(PNGDIR)/libpng.a"
>>        (remove the # from the beginning).
>>
>>     2) Do the same with the ZLIB* lines (usually you would uncomment
>> the
>>        "ZLIBLIB = $(ZLIBDIR)/libz.a" line and comment the
>>        "ZLIBLIB = -L$(ZLIBDIR) -lz" line).
>>
>>     3) If you are going to compile a xwin version, choose the proper
>> X11
>>        line and comment the others. For example, if you are using a
>> SunOS
>>        and the X libraries are in /usr/openwin, then uncomment the
>> line
>>        "X11 = /usr/openwin" and comment the others.
>>        IMPORTANT NOTE: There are extra spaces at the end of some
>> lines.
>>        You have to remove them or the compilation will fail.
>>
>>     4) Choose the proper CFLAGS line (ie. uncomment it and comment
>> the
>>        others). For example in SunOS (and most unixes) the proper
>> CFLAGS
>>        line is the first one. Change the "-O2" to "-O3" if you want.
>>
>>   - At the command prompt, type: gmake newxwin
>>     If you only want a command line version, you can type: gmake
>> newunix
>>     In Linux you can type: gmake newsvga
>>
>>   - If everything went fine, you should have a file named x-povray
>> in the
>>     current directory. You can reduce its size by typing "strip
>> x-povray".
>>
>>   - Copy it to the directory you want it installed.
>>
>>   - You can now delete the temporary directory where you downloaded
>> the
>>     source.
>>
>>   - Download the extra stuff from
>>     ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Official/Unix/povuni_d.tgz
>>     and uncompress it to the same directory where you want povray
>> installed.
>>
>> --
>> ma
>> n(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
>>
>> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*-
>> Warp -*/
>
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