Is it possible to install houdini on fedora core 6?
Can someone pls tell me how to do this? Iam unable to install houdini. License server cannot get created i get error unable to connect license server on localhost:localdomain.
What other linux version works good with houdini?

I've had no problem installing and running Houdini, of any vintage, on Ubuntu Dapper (6.06). There has been the odd glitch with nvidia drivers, but that's common on any linux and fairly easy to resolve.

Not sure why you would have any problems with it on Fedora. It's a pretty straight forward command line process. Are you getting any errors while installing. You are installing the license server, right?
Where are you installing to? I install each version to /opt .

Can you run hkey on a command line and gives us that info.?

Looks like hserver is running,(you can confirm that with ps -e ), it just doesn't like you localhost setup.

Did following today - fresh install of Core 6 on Sony Vaio AR21SR notebook
Installed NVidia drivers (kmod-nvidia)
Installed houdini

It works like a charm!

I'm unable to install houdini in Fedora Core 6, i got an ‘'sh server error’' says something about server not found, what can i do ? thanks for any info.

Do us a favor and tell us exactly what you're doing, how you're doing it, and also give us the output from your shell.
I'm using houdini on two fedora core 6 systems with no problems.

Are you on a network?

hi guys,

am very new to linux. so need help with installing houdini apprentice version on fedora 10 which i installed on my pc couple of days back.

i downloaded the apprentice version (7z format) and unzipped it into a folder. then i open terminal and type ‘su’ and then password. after that i went into the folder where i unzipped the file and ran ‘houdini.install’. but nothing happens.

can someone help me out by explaining the proper procedure for installing it.

thnx in advance

rgds

If you've unzipped the files someplace in your home directory you won't need to use “su”.
That however shouldn't have any bearing on running the installer.

Check to make sure the downloaded file is the right size, perhaps it didn't fully download.
Did you get the correct version for your OS? Is it 32 bit or 64 bit ?

Sounds like you got the wrong build since I don't see any correct builds offered in 7z format.

For 64 bit Fedora 10 you need to download the build listed as “Debian 64-bit Linux (lenny)*” x86_64 gcc4.2

If you have 32 bit Fedora 10 you need “Ubuntu Linux 7.04*” i686 gcc4.1

It's not important which distro is listed, but the version of GCC that is nearest to yours. Fedora 10 uses gcc 4.3

As for installation, you may receive a bunch of messages regarding sesinetd and libz.so.1 not having any version information. From my experience you can safely ignore these. Houdini will run fine.

probbins
If you've unzipped the files someplace in your home directory you won't need to use “su”.
That however shouldn't have any bearing on running the installer.

I think you misread what temporary said. He was su'ing to root in order to run houdini.install. You must run houdini.install as root.

thnk u guys for ur speedy response .

yes it seemed to be a corrupt download. so downloaded again.

i downloaded ‘ Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 4 ’ version of Houdini Apprentice.

somehow i managed to install it and installed all the missing lib* files. now when i run hkey it gives me error msg ‘OpenGL shader extensions not available’ and closes a small window. donno what it is.

and if i run houdini i get some msg saying ‘command not found’.

sometimes it says no ‘license found on localhost’ even though i installed the license.

rgds

Did you install the nvidia drivers and/or the mesa opengl libraries?

alas !! i got houdini working. thnk u guys.

i downloaded the nvidia drivers from nvidia site and installed them. now i can fire up houdini. but i cant c the icons in the shelves . need to google on it.

n thnx again for all ur suggestions .

A couple of things to check next: do you have an fancy desktop windowing effects running? Turn those off.
Check that you have the latest version of python installed. It's not strictly necessary, but it is the easiest means of sorting out some problems.
Houdini is strongly attached to python now, particularly the interface.

ty probbins. 'll try to update python n chk.

btw which drivers r best for fedora n houdini. i read somewhere tht kmod-nvidia from rpmfusion works better than the nvidia drivers from nvidia site. is that true?

Fedora 10 comes with Python 2.5, so you're all set.

rpm fusion drivers should be fine. Just google it and plenty of walk-through's should come up. With these drivers you get a few benefits. All external software dependencies are handled for you since it's an RPM, and you won't have to manually re-install the driver after a major system update.

The drivers from nvidia's site are the most up to date though, so they're a good option if you have any trouble with the one's from rpm fusion's repository. They also work very well.

good luck

-Alan

is there any command to see which gcc version you have on your distro ??

i´m on Fedora 7 now but planning to upgrade to Fedora 8 in a couple of days and just want to see if i have to change the version i´m using, probably i will instal the 64 bits version, thanks for the help.

Try


gcc –version


In general, the man pages are very useful for this type of stuff

man gcc


use the j and k buttons to navigate up and down. q will quit.

one more thing i forgot to ask. i'm dual booting and in windows i've set my desktop to 1280x960. when i try to do the same in fedora, the max i get is 1024x768 with 55Hz refresh rate.

b4 installing nvidia drivers my refresh rate was around 60 or 70 i think. how can i go for bigger resolution or is fedora limited to 1024.

i've got nvidia 8600 GT. and 17" monitor.

If you have the nvidia driver, you should also have the nvidia settings utility. Type nvidia-settings as root to open it.

All the various resolutions your monitor supports should be in there.

've been busy with other worx so didnt spend much time on houdini on fedora. my prob is not solved yet. houdini fires up nice but i cant c any icons . when i run it from terminal it show error msg - libpopt.so not found in hvsg-real. something like that. 'll post exact err msg when i go to work tomorrow. meanwhile u guys can help me if u know the prob.

thnx in advance