[Radiance-general] sudo recontrib

[urtza.uriarte at upc.edu]

  Dear Andy,
Thank you very much for your instructions.
I will try with them.
Best regards,
Urtza.

Andy McNeil <mcneil.andrew at gmail.com> escribió:

> Urtza,      Here's some more information on file ownership and
> permissions for linux:
>    http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_lts0090.php
>    Andy
>
>
>    On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Andy McNeil
> <mcneil.andrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Urtza,             
>>       You should open up permissions on those two files like so:
>>        
>>        sudo chmod 664 GenericTranslucent20.dat
>>        sudo chmod 664 rang.cal
>>         
>>        This changes permissions to allow owner and group read/write and
>> everyone read.
>>        (you need to be in the directory or give the full path to the
>> file).
>>         
>>        Andy
>>
>>
>>                      On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:19 AM,
>> <urtza.uriarte at upc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> _Dear Lars,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your reply. 
>>>
>>> I tried with Five-Phase method earlier and all command worked.
>>> However, now I exported the model from Rhino and I have some materials
>>> that they need two specific files. I do not why they do not run
>>> without sudo, placing where there are others, as well (They keep
>>> always the padlock, I copy there from DIVA's files. They are not from
>>> radiance package previously installed). I use oconv, rtrace and rpict
>>> with sudo and they work without problem. Nervertheless, if using sudo
>>> is not good I remove those materials and I could use rcontrib without
>>> sudo. 
>>>
>>> Thank you for your suggestions. I read Axel Jacob's tutorials but
>>> rereading will be fine.
>>> Best regards for you,
>>> Urtza.
>>>
>>> "Lars O. Grobe" <grobe at gmx.net> escribió:_
>>>
>>>> _Dear Urtza,
>>>>
>>>> two comments on your installation - this should be solved before you
>>>> even start using a complicated combination of commands such as the
>>>> three-phase method.
>>>>
>>>> First, with a correct configuration of your system you will not need
>>>> to run rcontrib as super-user (sudo). Your regular user account just
>>>> needs read-access to the .dat and .cal files in this case, so why
>>>> would you not grant the proper permissions?
>>>>
>>>> Second, as rcontrib is not found, what makes you think it is
>>>> installed? Did you install Radiance from sources, did the build
>>>> complete without errors, and did you include the directory containing
>>>> the binaries in your PATH environment variable? Does any other
>>>> Radiance command work for you?
>>>>
>>>> I would recommend having a look at Axel Jacob's set of tutorials
>>>> first, including the unix-introduction. Otherwise you risk messing up
>>>> a lot of your models with work-arounds, and even risk the integrity
>>>> of your system by using sudo where it should definitively not be
>>>> applied.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Lars._
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> _ _
>>>
>>>              _Dear experts,
>>>
>>> I am trying with Three-Phase Method for Simulating Complex
>>> Fenestration, following A McNeil tutorial.
>>>
>>> I am using Ubuntu 14 OS. I need use sudo command because I have
>>> GenericTranslucent20.dat material and rang.cal that they are locked
>>> anyway. However, when I have launched sudo rcontrib, it scripts that:
>>>  _
>>>
>>> _sudo rcontrib -f /usr/share/radiance/klems_int.cal -b
>>> 'kbin(-sqrt(.5),sqrt(.5),0,0,0,1)' -bn Nkbins -m windowglow -I+ -ab 2
>>> -ad 512 -lw 2e-5 sc-vi3M_vmx.oct < sc-vi3M.pts > photocells.vmx_
>>>
>>> _sudo: rcontrib: command not found
>>>
>>> Could someone say what the problem is? Thank you in advance.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Urtza._
>>>
>>>
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