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Alternatively, without using fit, you can manipulate the result of the rand($PT) function arithmetically in order to place it within your desired range.

So, since you want a random number between 1.86 and 2.85, what about something like

rand($PT)*(0.99) + 1.86

in other words,

rand($PT)*(2.85-1.86) + 1.86

and in general terms,

(random value from 0 to 1 inclusive)*(top of range - bottom of range) + (bottom of range)

I got the same error message trying to install on Ubuntu, even though my computer name only contained plain characters.

I had tried not to install anything other than the essentials, meaning I omitted the Houdini License Server when I got this error.

I had to uninstall and then reinstall, making sure to get the Houdini License Server this time as well, and after that Houdini was able to start up without errors.

Apparently, we can also manually get license keys at

http//license.sidefx.com/get_nc_license.php

but for that we need to have a server name and a server code.