After many setups of POV-Ray on my linux box, I haven't managed to
launch it yet. It seams to be well installed compared to the Doc
instructions but when I try to render a scene the answer is "povray :
command not found" wherever the directory I launch it from. For
information I work (at home) on PC 233 MMX and the Mandrake 7.02
installed.
Think I'm really sad 'cause I've just felt in love with this soft and I
can only work with it at school or at friends' and on windows
version........ but I'd like to be free!!!!!

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Tarax <tar### [at] mailcitycom> wrote:
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  Please don't.

: "povray : command not found"

  This is a system setup problem, not a povray problem. Your problem is that
the executable named "povray" is not anywhere in the search path.
  You have to either move the executable (or make a link) to a directory
that is included in your PATH (perhaps /usr/bin?) or add the location of
the povray binary to your PATH variable.
  You can see your PATH by writing:

echo $PATH

  Setting a new value to it depends on your shell.

  PS: You can also execute the program by specifying its location specifically.
For example, if the executable is in the current directory (ie. working
directory) you can execute it with:

./povray

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main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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On Wed, 10 May 2000 15:15:47 +0200, Tarax <tar### [at] mailcitycom>
wrote:

>After many setups of POV-Ray on my linux box, I haven't managed to
>launch it yet. It seams to be well installed compared to the Doc
>instructions but when I try to render a scene the answer is "povray :
>command not found" wherever the directory I launch it from. 

The default installation makes two binaries, s-povray and x-povray (or
was it without the hyphens?). The former is the shell version and the
latter is the X binary. The binary which is built when making to the
target unix (or newunix) is a general console version and it's binary
is called povray. You shouldn't have this one installed if you did a
default installation. Try the other two instead.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] usanet
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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On Wed, 10 May 2000 23:15:24 +0300, Peter Popov wrote:
>On Wed, 10 May 2000 15:15:47 +0200, Tarax <tar### [at] mailcitycom>
>wrote:
>
>>After many setups of POV-Ray on my linux box, I haven't managed to
>>launch it yet. It seams to be well installed compared to the Doc
>>instructions but when I try to render a scene the answer is "povray :
>>command not found" wherever the directory I launch it from. 
>
>The default installation makes two binaries, s-povray and x-povray (or
>was it without the hyphens?). The former is the shell version and the
>latter is the X binary. The binary which is built when making to the
>target unix (or newunix) is a general console version and it's binary
>is called povray. You shouldn't have this one installed if you did a
>default installation. Try the other two instead.

Like peter said, you'd normally have a command line like this

$ x-povray -Imypovfile.pov -Omypovfile.ppm -W800 -H600 +a0.3

for a quick render (without AA) change "+a0.3" to "-a0.3",
this turns off the aa. 

I tend to have my command line in a bash script that runs POV
then displays the image in a viewer (in the background), then 
I can keep that view window open and compare it with the next
render and keep as many view windows as I want and still have
the command line in that xterm free to run further commands.
I usually have the .pov file open in another xterm and usually
my text version of the docs open in another (all using different
colour schemes).

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Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:
: $ x-povray -Imypovfile.pov -Omypovfile.ppm -W800 -H600 +a0.3

  Why not just:

    x-povray -imypovfile -w800 -h600 +a0.3

: for a quick render (without AA) change "+a0.3" to "-a0.3",
: this turns off the aa. 

  Supposing it's enabled in povray.ini, which I doubt.
  And besides, why not just "-a"?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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On 11 May 2000 04:33:59 -0400, Warp wrote:
>Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:
>: $ x-povray -Imypovfile.pov -Omypovfile.ppm -W800 -H600 +a0.3
>
>  Why not just:
>
>    x-povray -imypovfile -w800 -h600 +a0.3

-I and -O make them stand aout from the file names as opposed to
-imyfile and -omyfile as in -Imyfile -Osave_as_something_else.png see 
what I mean.

>
>: for a quick render (without AA) change "+a0.3" to "-a0.3",
>: this turns off the aa. 
>
>  Supposing it's enabled in povray.ini, which I doubt.
>  And besides, why not just "-a"?

That'd mean deleting the 0.3 (which you're still going to want
to use later). Use the up arrow instead of retyping the whole
command every time, less typing, just edit as you please.

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Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:
: That'd mean deleting the 0.3 (which you're still going to want
: to use later). Use the up arrow instead of retyping the whole
: command every time, less typing, just edit as you please.

  Less typing?
  If you have:

x-povray -w800 -h600 +a0.1

and you want to replace that '+' with a '-' you have to type 6 keystrokes
(4 left-cursors, 1 backspace, 1 '-').
  However, if you just delete the "+a0.1" you'll have to type only 5
keystrokes (5 backspaces).

  After this, adding the "+a0.1" again requires 5 keystrokes, while converting
the '-' back to '+' requires 6 keystrokes.

  Period. :)

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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some systems allow you to edit the command line without deleting
the characters that you pass over. Just back arrow to the "-"
and change to the "+" and press enter. Even MSDOS allowed this
if you were running DOSKEY. It was very handy back in my DOS-days.
Right now I am using POV-Ray for BeOS. No GUI for this port, so
everything is from a terminal and that command-line editing is
really handy.

Warp wrote:
> 
> Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:
> : That'd mean deleting the 0.3 (which you're still going to want
> : to use later). Use the up arrow instead of retyping the whole
> : command every time, less typing, just edit as you please.
> 
>   Less typing?
>   If you have:
> 
> x-povray -w800 -h600 +a0.1
> 
> and you want to replace that '+' with a '-' you have to type 6 keystrokes
> (4 left-cursors, 1 backspace, 1 '-').
>   However, if you just delete the "+a0.1" you'll have to type only 5
> keystrokes (5 backspaces).
> 
>   After this, adding the "+a0.1" again requires 5 keystrokes, while converting
> the '-' back to '+' requires 6 keystrokes.
> 
>   Period. :)
> 
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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On Thu, 11 May 2000 06:00:15 -0800, Mr. Art wrote:
>some systems allow you to edit the command line without deleting
>the characters that you pass over. Just back arrow to the "-"
>and change to the "+" and press enter. Even MSDOS allowed this
>if you were running DOSKEY. It was very handy back in my DOS-days.
>Right now I am using POV-Ray for BeOS. No GUI for this port, so
>everything is from a terminal and that command-line editing is
>really handy.

Yes we've got it here too, I don't count using the arrow keys as
typing, but obviously some do. 

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Mr. Art <mr.### [at] gcinet> wrote:
: some systems allow you to edit the command line without deleting
: the characters that you pass over. Just back arrow to the "-"
: and change to the "+" and press enter.

  It's still 6 keystrokes (plus the enter).

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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