POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Linux : Re: Linux Server Time
23 Apr 2024 06:51:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Linux  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 8 Apr 2017 15:38:30
Message: <58e93c36$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/8/2017 5:24 AM, clipka wrote:
> Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Can the latest beta be downloaded using Debian synaptic package manager?
>> Is there a guide on how to install and use povray on Debian? Thanks.
>
> Linux distributions typically provide only stable software (except presumably
> for particularly popular packages). For example, according to
> packages.debian.org the Debian packages "povray", "povray-includes" and
> "povray-examples" for "Jessie", "Stretch" and "Sid" are at 3.7.0.
>
> We do not make any attempts to provide pre-built packages for any Linux distro
> whatsoever.
>
> To install any contemporary official POV-Ray release or pre-release on any
> Unixoid system without using a package manager, download the corresponding
> ..tar.gz source code package from https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases, and
> follow the instructions outlined in `unix/README.md`.
>
>
>


Is there a guide about usage on Linux? There is no POVray editor on 
Linux, correct? How does one load a file and then start a render? Does a 
render window appear?


Mike


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