On 4/9/2017 2:45 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2017-04-08 05:23 PM (-4), Mike Horvath wrote:
>> Are these instructions current?
>>
>> http://www.povray.org/download/linux.php
>
> No, they are for installing a pre-compiled executable for version 3.6.
> Some of these instructions still pertain to 3.7, though.  I first
> installed to GNU/Linux in 2012, before the official release of 3.7.0, so
> some of the preparation had already been done by the 3.6 install before
> I installed 3.7.  If you want to install 3.6 first, then do run the
> instructions as is.  For 3.7, I'll see if I can sort it out here.
>
> 1. Open a shell.
>
> 2. Create a temporary directory.
>
>    user@machine:~> mkdir ~/povray/
>
>    If you've already installed 3.6, you don't need to do this again
>    for 3.7.
>
> 3. Get the POV-Ray for GNU/Linux binary package from the POV-Ray
>    website.
>
>    Obsolete, as there is no pre-compiled 3.7 GNU/Linux binary.
>    Instead, go to https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tags and download
>    the source code.
>

Thanks so much for the help! One more thing I want to know is how do I 
download the source using only a terminal window? I am using a Google 
Cloud VM and they allow only SSH terminal access I think.


Mike

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