hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > confused, is this a povray executable you're talking about?
> Confused about your confusion.
> You are correct - it's the experimental fork referenced in WP's link in the
> initial post.
>
> I'm also keenly interested in installing and experimenting with Jerome
> Grimbert's HgPovRay38 fork, with all of the goodies he's implemented in that.
>
> So, I just want to know that I'm doing the right thing[s] when trying to install
> it, and not mucking up my OS directory with all sorts of cruft that doesn't
> belong there, or doing something stupid whilst in sudo mode.

haven't got the actual url to hand, but for stock POV-Ray, I do the following,
as regular user:

- make a directory, eg /tmp/P, and cd into it.
- use 'wget' to retrieve the archive.
- unpack the archive with 'tar xf filename'.
- change into the (newly created) povray directory.
- execute '( cd unix ; ./prebuild.sh)'.  note the parentheses around the
commands.
- run './configure', usually first with '--no-create --help' to look see the
stuff that may need adapting.
- run 'make'.

if you capture the whole configuration and compile sequence with something like
'typescript(1)', you have a "log" in case of problems.  only actual install
needs be done with privilege.

>
> see:
> https://github.com/LeForgeron/povray/blob/hgpovray38/unix/install.txt
> https://github.com/LeForgeron/povray/blob/hgpovray38/unix/README.md
> https://bitbucket.org/LeForgeron/povray/wiki/Compilation
>
> And if there's a way I can start playing with some source code and trying to
> compile my OWN fork, as a learning experience, then that would be super cool as
> well.

good luck.  enjoy.


regards, jr.

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