Oh my gosh this has been a great form.
And I am not giving up. Though, I'll grant the incompatible binary thing is a considerable wall to get over, I am still going to try and take this a step further.
I have two questions. The answers to which will let me know how far I can really go on this notion.
1.) Some Apple computers, like the MacBook Pro, and iMac- ship with Intel processors. I am considering buying a MacBook Pro for other. But since it has an Intel CPU under the hood, would Houdini work if I ran linux on that processor?
2.) Using a serious math compiler such Xcode 2 or MATLAB, could I port the linux code to the PowerPC binary?
Perhaps this is not the right form to post this question. But I have to admit I am very curious about this possibility. I must have Houdini.
cg
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Binary. Hmm
I am running a Dual 1.8 G5 Apple machine. I believe it is a 64 bit machine.
I grabbed the “linux i686 gcc3/4” because that was across from the Ubuntu Linux 5.10 listing. There is a “Linux x86 64gcc3.4” Should I have tried that one?
Should I uninstall the other one? How do I uninstall?
I am running a Dual 1.8 G5 Apple machine. I believe it is a 64 bit machine.
I grabbed the “linux i686 gcc3/4” because that was across from the Ubuntu Linux 5.10 listing. There is a “Linux x86 64gcc3.4” Should I have tried that one?
Should I uninstall the other one? How do I uninstall?
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THANK YOU RickW, FrankFirsching, JColdrick, scorpion007, tallkien, and NTmatter2.
Even though I haven't gotten to running the program yet, you are making this all of this frustration a fun experience. You are helping me a great deal and I will not forget it.
Thanks for the extensive notes. I am archiving them. If I ever make it big time, you all can come with me.
cg
Even though I haven't gotten to running the program yet, you are making this all of this frustration a fun experience. You are helping me a great deal and I will not forget it.
Thanks for the extensive notes. I am archiving them. If I ever make it big time, you all can come with me.
cg
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I “cd” to the install directory. sudo bash'd to root. tried to install the “sesinetd.install” and got “Permission denied.”
I was not expecting that. I am at a loss. it's installed. I just can't run it.
chris
I was not expecting that. I am at a loss. it's installed. I just can't run it.
chris
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I restarted the machine, but that did not help.
I have read all of the notes everyone wrote. I did everything correctly. I answer yes to everything. It did install. The install should be good.
What is this “sesinetd.install”?
Let me guess. This is a daemon that needs to run in the background for a houdini sesion to work.
I should probably install this and try it again.
I have read all of the notes everyone wrote. I did everything correctly. I answer yes to everything. It did install. The install should be good.
What is this “sesinetd.install”?
Let me guess. This is a daemon that needs to run in the background for a houdini sesion to work.
I should probably install this and try it again.
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I just type huge reply, hit submit. It forced me to log in again and so I lost the reply.
Anyway,in a nut shell
I played with the Terminal, learned it, know it. I installed Houdini 8.0.474
Yes!
Initialized the environment
Tried to run it it and got “cannot execute binary file.”
Ugh
Anyway,in a nut shell
I played with the Terminal, learned it, know it. I installed Houdini 8.0.474
Yes!
Initialized the environment
Tried to run it it and got “cannot execute binary file.”
Ugh
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I tried the “su” thing in the terminal and got “Authentication failure.”
I also tried downloading again, in case there was an issue there. This time, I saved to the desktop instead of letting the “Archive manager” do it's thing. But when I double cliked the “.gz” icon, the “Archive Managert” took over anyway.
Why did my password not work in the terminal? Do I need to set up the root identity somewhere first? Like an additional user?
“cd” to a directory sounds good. tried it. but I could not get far here. this seems really important. Tried looking it up, sifted through all sorts to linux/unix/bash shell info, and ubuntu help, but could not figure out how to “cd” to a directory. Found a cool article on Stephen Bourne.
How does this “cd” thing work? How does one locate a terminal to a folder?
Thank you everyone for your patience. This must be painful for some of you to watch. I'll get better. I am learning a lot. Thanks for all of the help.
cg
I also tried downloading again, in case there was an issue there. This time, I saved to the desktop instead of letting the “Archive manager” do it's thing. But when I double cliked the “.gz” icon, the “Archive Managert” took over anyway.
Why did my password not work in the terminal? Do I need to set up the root identity somewhere first? Like an additional user?
“cd” to a directory sounds good. tried it. but I could not get far here. this seems really important. Tried looking it up, sifted through all sorts to linux/unix/bash shell info, and ubuntu help, but could not figure out how to “cd” to a directory. Found a cool article on Stephen Bourne.
How does this “cd” thing work? How does one locate a terminal to a folder?
Thank you everyone for your patience. This must be painful for some of you to watch. I'll get better. I am learning a lot. Thanks for all of the help.
cg
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file downloaded is called “houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4.tar.gz”
By default, I allowed “Archive manager” to open the file. It created a folder called, “houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4”
I extract from the Archive Manager and get three files which I placed into the “home” folder.
The three files are “Houdini.install” “Houdini.tar.gz” and “sesinetd.install”
I click on the first and it ask if I want to RUN “Houdini.install” or DISPLAY its contents, or RUN IN TERMINAL. I chose RUN…
Nothing happens…
I wait a few minutes…
I check the “system monitor.” Something is happening there. CPU 1=%100, CPU 2 =%19.8. So something is running the computer…
I am not hearing anything write to the drive. But the CPU's keep switching loads every 30 seconds…
The “Houdini.install” is using 49% of the CPU. This has been going on now for about 8 minutes. 12:51am -2-21-06
The rest of the computer seems to be working as normal. Should I let this go on?
By default, I allowed “Archive manager” to open the file. It created a folder called, “houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4”
I extract from the Archive Manager and get three files which I placed into the “home” folder.
The three files are “Houdini.install” “Houdini.tar.gz” and “sesinetd.install”
I click on the first and it ask if I want to RUN “Houdini.install” or DISPLAY its contents, or RUN IN TERMINAL. I chose RUN…
Nothing happens…
I wait a few minutes…
I check the “system monitor.” Something is happening there. CPU 1=%100, CPU 2 =%19.8. So something is running the computer…
I am not hearing anything write to the drive. But the CPU's keep switching loads every 30 seconds…
The “Houdini.install” is using 49% of the CPU. This has been going on now for about 8 minutes. 12:51am -2-21-06
The rest of the computer seems to be working as normal. Should I let this go on?
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I am new to linux. I got Ubuntu working. Now I want to install Houdini Apprentice. I have downloaded the file. Now I am not sure what to do. In fact, I have no clue at all what to do. I have never used linux.
I have run a program called “program manager,” clicked on the various Houdini folders, but nothing seems to happen. The other folders look like serious gibberish stuff that makes no sense to me. I will be forever humble to a good person, if they can please guide me through theses baby steps. I want to master Houdini. And I am only an install away.
Thank you,
cg
I have run a program called “program manager,” clicked on the various Houdini folders, but nothing seems to happen. The other folders look like serious gibberish stuff that makes no sense to me. I will be forever humble to a good person, if they can please guide me through theses baby steps. I want to master Houdini. And I am only an install away.
Thank you,
cg
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