[Radiance-general] install Radiance on Mac

[Chris Kallie]

Marta,

Not too many years ago, I was in the same place as you, and I 
fortunately had help from Rob Shakespeare (one of the authors of the 
book "Rendering with Radiance"). So, the least I can do is pass on the 
knowledge to the next generation of users. If you are still stuck after 
some trial and error, I would be happy to help out via personal 
communication.

If one looks back on the archives of this list, there is a constant 
exodus of young users who disappear after they get their masters/PhD's, 
so I am playing my part to take some of the burden off the senior 
developers by offering a little help here and there to the new users...

PS. for those who have read this far: How is the new knowledge base 
platform working? I was happy to hear there were some recent efforts, 
but I haven't seen or heard about it for a few weeks.

Best,
Chris

On 9/27/15 11:37 AM, Marta Benedetti wrote:
> Bello greg,
> That's what I did, I downloaded the pre-compiled binary for Mac OSX. 
> So what should I do next?
> I can't create libraries and so on because I have absolutely no idea 
> how to do... I want to cry!
> Sorry but I feel completely ignorant in this subject.
>
> Marta
>
> Il giorno 27 set 2015, alle ore 17:32, Greg Ward 
> <gregoryjward at gmail.com <mailto:gregoryjward at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi Marta,
>>
>> You should just download and use the package installer from NREL:
>>
>> https://github.com/NREL/Radiance/releases/tag/5.0
>>
>> It's much easier than compiling from source for those not used to 
>> such things.  Since you're on a standard OS X distribution, you 
>> should have no problem.  The recommendations for installing X11 and 
>> the developer tools still apply, however.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Greg
>>
>>> *From: *Marta Benedetti <martabenedetti at live.com 
>>> <mailto:martabenedetti at live.com>>
>>>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Radiance-general] install Radiance on Mac
>>>
>>> *Date: *September 27, 2015 8:22:25 AM PDT
>>>
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>> Where do you want the library files [/usr/local/lib/ray]?
>>>
>>> What should I type?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Il giorno 27/set/2015, alle ore 17:16, Marta Benedetti 
>>>> <martabenedetti at live.com <mailto:martabenedetti at live.com>> ha scritto:
>>>>
>>>> I am still stuck on the first steps… as I type the command
>>>>
>>>> tar -zxf rad5R0all.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> I get the message:
>>>>
>>>> tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open ‘rad5R0all.tar.gz'
>>>>
>>>> What does it mean?
>>>>
>>>>> Il giorno 27/set/2015, alle ore 16:17, Chris Kallie 
>>>>> <kallie at umn.edu <mailto:kallie at umn.edu>> ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are trying to unzip the latest release, the command is most 
>>>>> likely:
>>>>>
>>>>> tar -zxf rad5R0all.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> -zxf is options for the tar command, and the file name being 
>>>>> unzipped is at the end.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are my personal notes for installing on Mac and Linux (arrow 
>>>>> > means command line, double quotes means replace with appropriate 
>>>>> file name, brackets are notes):
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) install XCode from App Store
>>>>> 2) install X11
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) compile, by running these commands
>>>>> > tar -xzf "radiance_release"
>>>>> > tar -xzf "HEAD"
>>>>> > cd ray/
>>>>> > sudo ./makeall install
>>>>> (use default, or direct to newly made 'bin' folder)
>>>>> (use default, or direct to 'lib' folder)
>>>>> > ./makeall library
>>>>> (direct to 'lib' folder)
>>>>>
>>>>> 4) update your paths
>>>>> > nano ~/.profile
>>>>>
>>>>> Put these three lines in the .profile text file, replacing the 
>>>>> appropriate paths. Your paths will look different, but they are 
>>>>> the paths to the 'bin' 'lib' and 'doc' folders created during the 
>>>>> installation. If you're on a Mac, the file will most likely be 
>>>>> empty. If it's not empty, you can add these three lines anywhere 
>>>>> in the file.
>>>>>
>>>>> export PATH=/Users/chris/Applications/rad50/ray/bin:$PATH
>>>>> export RAYPATH=.:/Users/chris/Applications/rad50/ray/lib
>>>>> export MANPATH=/Users/chris/Applications/rad50/ray/doc/man
>>>>>
>>>>> 5) close and reopen terminal, and test installation
>>>>>
>>>>> > which mkpmap
>>>>> > man mkpmap
>>>>>
>>>>> Download mark stock's benchmark, open a terminal, change to the 
>>>>> appropriate directory, and type:
>>>>> >tar -xf bench4.zip
>>>>> > cd bench4
>>>>> (for single core, type:)
>>>>> >make
>>>>> (for multi core, type:)
>>>>> >NCPU=2; make smp
>>>>>
>>>>> It will take a bit of practice and patience to get familiar with 
>>>>> the Unix command line, so give it time and take plenty of breaks 
>>>>> (I recommend going to the gym).
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/27/15 6:48 AM, Marta Benedetti wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am completely new to Radiance and I am trying to install it on 
>>>>>> my Mac. I have Yosemite 10.10.5. I have to use Radiance for my 
>>>>>> Master thesis.
>>>>>> I am already having a hard time in the installation. I am trying 
>>>>>> to follow the video tutorial on the official website but it 
>>>>>> refers to an old version (of both website and Mac software): 
>>>>>> everything is a little bit different and I am doing something 
>>>>>> wrong. I can’t even start: as I type the command -xzf in order to 
>>>>>> extract the files, the terminal says: “command not found”.
>>>>>> Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Is there an updated 
>>>>>> tutorial where I can see what I have to do step by step?
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marta
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