Need help installing houdini under ubuntu

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Hi,

maybe I am totally stupid but I am not able to install houdini.

I downloaded both linux versions and when I try to run the houdini_install script of one of them I get the following:


./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found


In my directory I have three files:

houdini.install
houdini.tar.gz
sesinetd.install

I am totally confused :cry:
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Hi,

maybe I am totally stupid but I am not able to install houdini.

I downloaded both linux versions and when I try to run the houdini_install script of one of them I get the following:


./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found
./houdini.install: 765: let: not found


In my directory I have three files:

houdini.install
houdini.tar.gz
sesinetd.install

I am totally confused :cry:
Try this:

sudo sh ./houdini.install
Un saludo
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Pablo Giménez
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It is not working. Just getting the same output as quoted above
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Please specify the distro you use.
Dragos Stefan
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I am using Ubuntu 7.04.
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I see. I have no idea about that, but it's a beta and so it's not “supported” officially by Side Effects.
I installed Houdini on Ubuntu 6.10 few days ago, without any problem.

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Hi..

Looks like a shell problem..

Simply put, a shell is the environment which allows you to enter commands at
the command prompt eg. dos, csh,ash,ksh, bash etc…

The “let” command can be found in most shells, except the C shell.

So it is best to run the install command in a shell which allows for the “let” command.

eg.. bash or ksh.

And do remember, to install houdini you really need to have root access or sudo setup.

The steps…

su (become root user, you need to know/remmember your root password)

cd /install-directory (goto the install script directory, ie houdini.install)

bash (change your shell to bash or ksh)

./houdini.install) (start the install script)

exit (exit the bash shell)

exit (exit the root session)

That really should do it..

DON'T forget to enter twice, or you will still be logged in as root, which
could spell disaster as you know.


Good luck.

Regards
Tom
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Thanks for your help.

I am using the bash shell

And I am using Ubuntu 7.04 because with any other version I am not able to scaled the cpu frequency. (Need this, because I have a laptop)
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Take a look at this thread.

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&p=30619&highlight=#30619 [sidefx.com]
Graham Thompson, Technical Artist @ Rockstar Games
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Thanks!

Not it is working

But when I try to get an nc_license I get an error that my version 8.2 is not supported
When I go to http://license.sidefx.com/get_nc_license.php [license.sidefx.com] I can only get a license for version <=8.1.

Edit:
After getting the license for version 8.1 manually it is working now.

Thanks everybody.
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