Well, I've finally taken the plunge, installed RedHat 6.0 on my system,
downloaded the UNIX POV source files, transferred them to a directory on my
Linux partition.....Now what?
Can some kind soul please lead me by the hand from simply extracting the
source into the right directory structure, to building a stock-standard
X-POV?
If not, can someone point me to where such instructions may be found?

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"Edward C." wrote:

> Well, I've finally taken the plunge, installed RedHat 6.0 on my system,
> downloaded the UNIX POV source files, transferred them to a directory on my
> Linux partition.....Now what?
> Can some kind soul please lead me by the hand from simply extracting the
> source into the right directory structure, to building a stock-standard
> X-POV?
> If not, can someone point me to where such instructions may be found?

From the main archive (I think, and not from the source stuff), you should
have a README.Linux file in the place the sources are extracted to. Read it.
With the source archive comes "compile.doc". Read that too.


Let's see if I can recall.

I think I did things a weird way, but I made a sub-directory for sources,
changed there and then typed

tar zxvf /somedirectorywhereitisstored/povuni_s.tgz

cd to ......./povray31/source/
read the docs. :-)
cd to ./unix
typed either "make newxwin" or "make newunix"
voila! it's done.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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Jon A. Cruz <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote:
: cd to ......./povray31/source/
: read the docs. :-)
: cd to ./unix
: typed either "make newxwin" or "make newunix"
: voila! it's done.

  Only if you already have libz.a and libpng.a installed in your system.
If not, you have to build them first.
  Sometimes you also need to edit the makefile first.
  And in Linux you can also "make newsvga" which should be better than
"make newunix" (which have no graphics support).

-- 
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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Nieminen Mika wrote:

> Jon A. Cruz <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote:
> : cd to ......./povray31/source/
> : read the docs. :-)
> : cd to ./unix
> : typed either "make newxwin" or "make newunix"
> : voila! it's done.
>
>   Only if you already have libz.a and libpng.a installed in your system.
> If not, you have to build them first.
>   Sometimes you also need to edit the makefile first.
>   And in Linux you can also "make newsvga" which should be better than
> "make newunix" (which have no graphics support).

I was assuming that he might want either good graphics (Xwin) or none
(Text).  :-)

Hopefully all this information will help him get started, and we'll see him
in IRC.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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Thanks for the tips, I got it eventually.  Sadly though, even though it's
optimised for my 686 class processor, it's significantly slower than the
stock standard Windows version.  Was I wrong to expect better?  Should I
have optimised for 586 because I have a Pentium Pro and not a Pentium II?

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