[Radiance-general] Radiance 5 Installation on Mac and RAYPATH properties

[Raghuram Kalyanam]

Hi Alireza,

When I was new to Mac, I had similar questions. I wouldn't say mine is a perfect answer but this what I did. I installed Radiance in my Applications folder, implies my bin, lib folders are here. I have several versions of Radiance installed , if I want to use a particular version of Radiance I just change the Path and Raypath in the .bash_profile file in the home folder. Add the bin path of radiance at the end of already existing PATH variable and Create a RAYPATH similarly and add lib folder path there. Mac Terminal is similar to any Linux terminal and I find it better than the later.

Once the Paths were added you need to refresh the .bash_profile file by logout and login or executing( $ .  .bash_profile ) from home folder.

Installing is similar to that of Linux, instructions are provided on Git readme page. Let me know if you have more questions. Others please feel free to correct me.

Best Regards,
Raghu

> On Mar 20, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Alireza Hashemloo <alireh at uw.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am migrating from Windows to Mac in order to be able to complete the Five Phase Method Tutorial. I have never used the command line on Mac before. So my questions are basic. I was wondering if you could help me with the following questions through a step-by-step instruction if possible:
> 
> OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
> 
> 1- How can I uninstall an existing Radiance installation on Mac properly?
> 2- How should I install Radiance on Mac?
> 3- How can I access my PATH and RAYPATH properties on Mac and make necessary adjustments for proper use of Radiance in the command line (Terminal)?
> 
> Thank you,
> Alireza
> 
> 
> 
> 
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