[Radiance-general] New installation

[Thomas Bleicher]

On 11 Jan 2008, at 15:38, wjr wrote:
> [...] And now I want to render my models on the SUN. It is  
> difficult to find rendering software to run on this platform  
> ( other than Blender) And sometimes it's difficult to install.
>
I'm sure you should find quite a few rendering packages in the open  
source
corner that would even work on Solaris. They might not be all that  
easy to
use, though. But then neither is Radiance.
> That's where I am with Radiance. I'm having difficulty installing  
> Radiance on the Sun. Can you help me out? I've downloaded the  
> files, unzipped them and tried to run "makeall" as it described in  
> the "Readme" file. But it will not run.
>
First thing: You need to have development tools installed (c- 
compiler, etc).

Second: It should be "makeall install" (but I think that's what you  
wanted to say).

Third: It certainly did not do "nothing". The command line "makeall  
install" will have
some sort of result. Even a "command not found" would tell us more  
about your problems.

> I've tried just 'clicking' on the icon, (nothing),
>
Forget about the mouse. Radiance will be a whole new (command line)  
experience.
> I've tried opening a shell and command-line, (nothing), I've tried  
> both ways as 'user' and 'root' (nothing).  What am I missing?
>
More details about your system (development tools) and the reaction  
of the shell
when you try to run "makeall install"
> Please send help
>
Please send details ;)

Regards,
Thomas