Note
This is only available on Linux.
When installing the Houdini Installer, it is possible to install for just your user account. Doing so will not require root privileges, but the Installer has some limitations when installed this way:
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You cannot install hserver, License Server, HQueue Client or HQueue Server.
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You cannot install anywhere that your normal user account cannot access. You will need to change most default install paths to locations that are writeable.
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All programs installed using this Installer will only be visible to your user account. Other users on the computer will not see the Houdini versions you install.
To perform a user install, use the --user-scope flag when running the
install_houdini_launcher.sh script:
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sh install_houdini_launcher.sh --user-scopeto run the installer interactively. See Set up the Installer for more details. -
sh install_houdini_launcher.sh --user-scope [options...]to run the installer as a scripted installation. See Script Houdini Installations for more details.
IMPORTANT
When doing a user-scope install, it is very important that you do not use
sudo or run the commands as the root user.
Warning
It is strongly recommended that you only install one instance of Houdini Installer on each machine. While you can install more than one Installer, it is very easy to get confused about how Houdini is installed.