Flash9000
How does this “cd” thing work? How does one locate a terminal to a folder?
cd is just change directory command.
Lucky for you, there's some very good reponses on here.
You said you downloaded the file to your desktop?
I don't know anything about your distro of linux but I'm going to guess that the Desktop is in your home folder.
/——Installing HoudiniCan you open a terminal? Sometimes if you right click on the desktop you'll be presented with a menu and 1 of the options is terminal. A terminal is kinda like a dos prompt if that helps.
IMPORTANT!
If you get stuck at any point, stop and either try to find the resoltution or post back with all/any error messages.Once you have a terminal open try typing the following:
Note: make sure you hit enter after each set of commands.
cd Desktop/
This “should” put you inside the Desktop folder. Now type:
ls -ltr
The lastest file created should be at the bottom of the list. Look for something that says houdini.
Assuming you downloaded the same file as you posted previously , you should have a folder on your desktop called:
houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4I'm also assuming you used that Archive Manager thingy and it automagically made the folder on your desktop.
Ok so now we have the folder on the desktop and we can see the folder in the terminal. Let's install houdini!
Type:
cd houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4/
This will put you inside the houdini-8.0.474-linux_rhEL4 folder.
You must become root to install houdini.
As per FrankFirsching's suggestions, Type:
sudo bash
When you are prompted for the password, enter your password.
I don't know if your distro want's your password or the root password you setup when you installed linux. My guess is the root password but your guess is as good as mine.
If all went well so far, then you have become the root user and you are inside the houdini directory ready to rock n roll and install this bad boy. Whew!
Let's install houdini now. Please type:
./houdini.install
From this point just agree with everything presented to you.
You'll first be presented with a license agreement.
Here's a shortcut for you:
You'll see the word “More” at the bottom left of the terminal. You can either keep hitting the enter key to scroll down and read the entire agreement or just hit the q key. q means quit but we're not really gonna quit.
In this instance, once you hit q, you'll will be presented with the option to agree or disagree. Just type yes.
On the next screen type y
On the next screen type F
On the next screen type F
On the next screen type y
Houdini should be installing now.
Now you will be asked to install the license server.
Type y
If you are asked to continue, type y
Like I said, agree to everything.After a bunch of text gets printed on your terminal you should finally see:
We hope you enjoy using Houdini 8.0
Thank you
Yep you did it, you installed houdini on linux. Have a beer on me
In case you are wondering, yes I just reinstalled houdini on my machine so I could tell you what keys to press.Now you have to run houdini.
/——Running HoudiniThe first order of business is to exit the “root shell”. Remember how we typed “sudo bash” to become root? Well now we want to exit that and return to your user.
This can be done simply by typing
exit
You should now be you and not root. To verify you can type:
whoami
You should see your username.
If these last 2 commands give you any problems, just close the terminal and open up a new terminal which will essentially do the same thing as the last 2 commands.
Ok….now that you are you, we need to “source” the houdini script. This script sets environment variables, your path and some other things that I can't remember.
Type:
cd /opt/hfs8.0.474/
This should be the location where houdini was installed.
I'm assuming that you are using a BASH shell so type:
source houdini_setup_bash
You should see something like:
The Houdini 8.0.474 environment has been initialized.
Finally type:
houdini
/——Getting a Non-Commercial LicenseHoudini should “try” to run and the license administrator should ask you to install a non-commercial license. Hit yes, wait a minute or two to automagically obtain the license. Once the license is installed, hit the button that says something like “run houdini master”.
Houdini should run. You are on your way to becoming a houdini master.
/——Possible ProblemsNow if you get as far as typing houdini and you get some sort of sesinetd error. Then you should see my long reply in this thread:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=5253&highlight=sesinetd [
sidefx.com]
If you get an error while trying to obtain a license, then search this forum as there's about 100 or so threads about this.
Now I'm tired and am heading to bed.
Post back your results and good luck!
/Rick
Disclaimer : Most of the material posted in this thread is from memory and not everything will be accurate. In the slight chance I'm wrong, then my fee is only 10 beers rather than the usual 40 :P