I'm a linux newbe that needs help. How do I install povray3.1 for linux
? I know next to nothing yet about linux, and am learning it, and I do
not know how to execute scripts or edit them.

Thanks, Rod### [at] mailospreynet

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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:23:58 +0000, Rod wrote:
>I'm a linux newbe that needs help. How do I install povray3.1 for linux
>? I know next to nothing yet about linux, and am learning it, and I do
>not know how to execute scripts or edit them.

Sounds like you need a good book, Running Linux by O'reilly has a lot
in there that'll serve you well.

I can't remember what form POV comes in, but if it's a .tar.gz file
co to the directory where the file is and do:

$ tar -xzvf povray3.1g.tar.gz

assuming that that is the name of the file that you downloaded.  
This will unzip the file into a directory so do: 

$ cd povray3.1g

if that is the directory created when you unzipped and read any files
named README, read.me, INSTALL, or getting_started.txt or whatever.

Hope some of that helps. 

Mark Gordon gave a good explanation of how to install pov in this
group not too long ago IIRC, so have a look at some old messages,
they may be of more help than the info I've given above.

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Rod wrote:
> 
> I'm a linux newbe that needs help. How do I install povray3.1 for linux
> ? I know next to nothing yet about linux, and am learning it, and I do
> not know how to execute scripts or edit them.

	I'm half a newbie. I force it to work this way. I am certain there are
better ways but at least it works. 

	Depending how now, if you an unpack it, you can use it. That is 

	tax -xzf povray.whatever.gz 

	linux tip: if you type the first few letters and hit tab it will try to
fill in the rest of the name. 

	That should create a directory named povray and under that povray31
which will have the executables and most of what you expect to find in
the Windows directory. 

	Without risking anything, you can make it work by 

/home/your_account_name/povray/povray31/x-povray filename.ini 

	(note .ini not .pov)

	(Of course make a shell file, chmod +xxx filename that contains the
above line, and invoke by ./filename 

	povray does not appear to recognize 

~/povray/povray31/x-povray filename.ini

(If you know how to SU root, just do so and type ./install and forget
the path to x-povray. However it still appears to need the path to the
files.) 

	Instead of the windows #include "colors.inc" in the scene file. 

	You need to type

#include "/home/your_account_name/povray/povray31/include/colors.inc" 

	(That assumes you have not installed it. If you have
/usr/local/lib/povray31/include/colors.inc. There is a better trick
though with the +Lpath in the ini file.) 

	The ini file contains tells it everything on how to render the file.
Height, Width, AA, Quality all that sort of thing that is a pulldown
menu in Windows. There is a povray.ini file that comes with to get you
started. I have not figured out how to get that to work without adding
+I and input file and +O output file. Again with the full path. 

	I know of no place where the ini file options are fully documented. I
have found them in bits and pieces in related sections. +P is an
important one, to pause at the end and leave the image on the screen. 

	As I say, I am certain there are better ways to do it but at least that
makes it work. 

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In article <39EF7B04.85317144@ij.net>, "Matt Giwer" <jul### [at] ijnet> wrote:

> 	As I say, I am certain there are better ways to do it but at least that
> makes it work. 


You could try POV-Front, a graphical front-end for PoVRay, that would save
you the trouble of entering complete paths and such. Check out
http://perso.club-internet.fr/clovis1

Best regards,

Bas Leerintveld

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