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KeithBallinger
Here's how I solved two problems installing Houdini Apprentice on ubuntu 6.10.

The problem with:
houdini.install: 765: let: not found
can be fixed by editing houdini.install. The very first line:
#!/bin/sh
should be changed to:
#!/bin/bash

It looks like ubuntu 6.10 has /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash which does not support the “let” builtin command. /bin/bash does support “let”.

The other problem can be fixed by editing sesinetd.install. The line:
gunzip -c $HERE/houdini.tar.gz | tar xf - “houdini/sbin/sesi*”
needs “–wildcards” added to the tar. It should look like this:
gunzip -c $HERE/houdini.tar.gz | tar xf - –wildcards “houdini/sbin/sesi*”

Those two changes should get houdini installed.

I continue to have trouble getting a license.

Worked like a charm Houdini is up and running !!!

Once again thanks !!!!

DriesD
Have you solved your licensing issues with Ubuntu Edgy?

I'm using Kubuntu Edgy 6.10 and don't have anymore issues installing after changing those few lines of code from above just have to make sure you run the license server every time you start Houdini it seems…

*** Edit *** added some pictures of my license server running