POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Help me install pov : Re: Help me install pov Server Time
28 Jul 2024 14:18:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help me install pov  
From: Philippe-H Cadet
Date: 22 May 2001 15:53:21
Message: <3B0B6C51.20986617@videotron.ca>
Thank you for helping.

I did install it for sure and if I run it
on the command line it does work.

But is there a user interface like in Windows
or should we always render images from the prompt?

Philippe





> On Tue, 22 May 2001 06:15:04 -0300, delphy cadet wrote:
> >Hi.
> >
> >I'm lost totally. I just finished install Linux (Red Hat) Ok.
>
> [snip]
>
> >So here I am. Can somebody point me to the right direction in order for
> >me to install?
>
> Hi Philippe
>
> First open up an xterminal or you can use the console if you want.
> You'll find an icon for an xterm in the menu system of the GUI that
> you're using.
>
> Go to your home directory:
>
> $ cd
> $ ls p*.tgz
>
> And you'll see a listing of the povlinux.tgz file, if you don't then it's
> somewhere else.
>
> Now do:
>
> $ tar -xzvf povlinux.tgz
> $ cd povray31
> $ su
>
> You'll be prompted for the root password (you weren't already logged in
> as root were you?), type in the root password and press enter, the prompt
> should change from a $ to a # then type:
>
> # ./install
>
> And now you should be almost there, you will need your own .povrayrc file,
> it talks about that in the README.linux file.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Steve              email mailto:ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet
>
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