[Radiance-general] sudo recontrib

[Andy McNeil]

It could be that the directory is not in your RAYPATH, but it is in the RAYPATH for root. 

Try:
echo $RAYPATH
sudo echo $RAYPATH

Are there any differences in the output?

Also, it could be that your user doesn't have read permission in the directory containing the files. Try using ls -l on every directory in the path to find out (both lower case L). 

As a last resort, I'd copy the files to the working directory, change the owner, permissions, and add "." to RAYPATH. I agree with Lars that I'd never use sudo to run user level commands. 

Andy



> On Mar 16, 2016, at 4:23 AM, urtza.uriarte at upc.edu wrote:
> 
> Dear Andy,
> 
> I have tried with; 
> 
> sudo chmod 664 GenericTranslucent20.dat
> sudo chmod 664 rang.cal
> 
> sudo chmod 644 GenericTranslucent20.dat
> sudo chmod 644 rang.cal
> 
> sudo chmod 600 GenericTranslucent20.dat
> sudo chmod 600 rang.cal
> 
> sudo chmod 700 GenericTranslucent20.dat
> sudo chmod 700 rang.cal
> 
> and the padlock continues anyway (The files there are in /usr/local/bin/radiance/bin/ and  /usr/local/bin/radiance/lib/, as well). I have tried with rcontrib and it scripts this anyway:
>  
> 
> 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 > photocells1.vmx
> 
> rcontrib: fatal - cannot find data file "GenericTranslucent20.dat"
> 
> I do not know what happen but I will continue finding an error (that padlock is very strange). 
> Thank you very much.
> Best regards,
> Urtza.
>  
>  
> 
> urtza.uriarte at upc.edu escribió:
> 
>> 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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