The download and install went well, I used the newest version from the download site and the defaults during setup. When I try to run Houdini Apprentice, here's what I'm seeing:

$ cd /
$ cd usr/hfs6
$ dir
bin dsolib houdini_setup mozilla user_guide
document houdini houdini_setup_bash Readme.txt
$ csh
$ source houdini_setup
The Houdini 6.0.286 environment has been initialized.
$ hkey
hkey: relocation error: /usr/hfs6/dsolib/libHoudiniUT.so: symbol errno, version
GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
$ houdini
houdini: relocation error: /usr/hfs6/dsolib/libHoudiniUT.so: symbol errno, versi
on GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
$

I'm still a relative Linux newbie, so any and all assistance would really be apreciated! In case it helps, here are the system specs: P4 1.4 / 512 pc133 ram / Nvidia GF4mx400 using Linux drivers / RedHat 9 updated via Synaptic

thanks!

Here's a report from the user dbissell on 3dbuzz Houdini web forum:
http://sv2.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30534 [sv2.3dbuzz.com]

dbissell
Before you launch Houdini from a terminal make sure to set:

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1

I believe you can also put this inside of the houdini_setup source file as:

setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 2.4.1

It cleared up my glibc_2.0 problems that I ran into.

Thanks! I'll give it a shot and let you know how I made out…