Peter Popov wrote:
> 
> The current Linux distribution of POV-Ray requires either svgalib or
> xlib. The svgalib implementation has a potential loophole and I'm not
> quite happy with this since spovray will run on my firewall. As of the
> X version, well, one has to have X right? :)
> 
> Would it be possible to have a _really_ console version of POV-Ray for
> Linux? One that has no graphical output whatsoever, just simple (not
> ANSI-enhanced) text output easily redirected to a file. Why do we need
> this? Well, Linux boxes become more and more popular every day, and a
> box (as I use here) has no user interface so it doesn't need any input
> or output devices, so there's no need to install svgalib or X. Makes
> sense?
> 
> Peter Popov
> pet### [at] usanet
> ICQ: 15002700

Did you install from source or a binary package?
If from source - 
  make newunix
  make unix
- will give you a no-graphics version called 'povray'.

I don't know about binary releases, sorry.

Cheers, PoD.

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