[Radiance-general] instructions for compiling pre-releases

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

What's missing? There may be some missing teeth in the CMake files,
resulting in incomplete installs. To clarify, I assume you want to use the
photon map stuff.(?) Those new programs (mkpmap, etc) are getting built,
but perhaps the "install" target is not quite right. So: what platform are
you trying to do this on, what is your workflow, and what is missing or
not working? Apologies that there aren't instructions for using the CMake
stuff in the Radiance source; it's on the list of things to do. Basically
you use CMake to generate the makefiles, and then just use make like
normal.

You could also use the "makeall" csh script which comes with the source
and is maintained by Greg (and probably Roland now too). That guy has has
always been pretty bulletproof on unix systems. Andy's YouTube vid on
installing Radiance on OSX demonstrates the use of the makeall script; the
process is basically the same for Linux:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptTmdKSfK68


- Rob


On 7/31/15, 9:16 AM, "Chris Kallie" <kallie at umn.edu> wrote:

>Dear Experts,
>
>Could someone direct me to installation instructions for pre-releases
>that were downloaded from github?
>
>I am able to download and compile pre-releases (e.g., version 5.0.a.3)
>without any apparent compiling errors, but when I try to use that
>installation, there are missing programs. How does one use (select and
>combine?) the appropriate release/pre-release files to compile a fully
>functional program suite? Presently, I need the original functionality
>plus the ability to compute caustics (making the latest official release
>insufficient).
>
>I am sure this is a common issue, but without access to a convenient
>source of organized information (i.e., a wiki), I find myself fumbling
>with Google searches and generally lost.
>
>Thanks again,
>Chris
>
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