POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Newbi : Re: Newbi Server Time
28 Jul 2024 16:27:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Newbi  
From: Matt Giwer
Date: 18 Aug 2000 01:25:08
Message: <399CC90D.3A2D7287@ij.net>
root wrote:
> 
> Mark Gordon wrote:
> 
> > root wrote:
> >
> > Almighty root, I bow before your power...
> >
> > Assuming you have the binary package (povlinux.tgz), this will create a
> > directory called "povray31" when uncompressed.  Then do the following
> > ("$" represents a normal shell prompt, and # represents a root shell
> > prompt, assuming you normally use a regular user account):
> >
> > $ cd povray31
> > $ cp povray.ini ~/.povrayrc
> > $ su
> > Password:
> > # ./install
> > # exit
> >
> > That should suffice.  If you have any other questions, let me know.
> >
> > -Mark Gordon
> 
> [root@modemcable021 povray31]# cp povray.ini ~/.povrayrc
> [root@modemcable021 povray31]# ./install

> type                               / This is no file or directory found in
> 
> french


> 
> This is wahat I do...

	Also in the .ini file specify the full path to the .inc files.
It does not like ~/povray/include but insists upon the full path.
Were I the king, any includes in the name.POV would default to
wherever 

make install 

	put them but it does not appear to do that. 

	Only six months in linux so don't belive a word of this message. 

-- 
Pat Buchanan or the American Empire of Earth.
The choice is yours. 
	-- The Iron Webmaster, 43


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