Will Houdini Apprentice run under RedHat 8.0? The available downloads were for 6 or 7, so I grabbed the 7 one, hoping that it would…

Once I had installed, it couldn't connect to the license server, and if gave me instructions on how to do this myself:

source houdini_setup
hkey

However, when I do this, I get the following error:

bash: houdini_setup: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `set'
bash: houdini_setup: line 23: ` if ( ! $?cwd ) set cwd=`/bin/pwd`'

Any idea how I can get it working under 8.0?

Any help much appreciated!

Hi Hugh, if you want to use BASH shell, you'll have to manually set your environment variable for Houdini (probably through .bashrc). Else you'll have to use csh or tcsh to set your environment variable (.tcshrc) in your user directory. This way, you won't have to source houdini_setup all the time when you restart your shell. If you don't have .tcshrc, just make one.

If you just want to source for now, you'd have to use tcsh. Simply type “tcsh” in your shell command. and the cd /usr/hfs/ to source your houdini_setup.

Basically, these are the needed variables:


# HOUDINI-RELATED Variable
setenv HFS /usr/hfs
setenv H ${HFS}
setenv HB ${H}/bin
setenv HDSO ${H}/dsolib
setenv HD ${H}/demo
setenv HH ${H}/houdini
setenv HHC ${HH}/config
setenv HT ${H}/toolkit
setenv HSB ${HH}/sbin
setenv HTB ${HT}/bin
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH “${HFS}/dsolib”

setenv PATH “${HB}:${HSB}:${PATH}”

Just make sure that you point your HFS variable to point to proper directory.


Cheers,
ALex

There's also instructions on how to do all this in the unofficial Apprentice FAQ at 3dbuzz:
http://sv1.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19086 [sv1.3dbuzz.com]

Thankyou both of you - I'll give this a go this afternoon…

A Houdini RedHat 7.X build will run OK under RedHat 8.

Just make sure you use tcsh instead of bash for most things related to houdini. For bash users
we do provide a houdini_setup_bash script in $HFS, so type:

source houdini_setup_bash

if you want to stick with bash once you've got everything installed and the licenses going.

You might also want to use KDE instead of GNOME because KDE lets you configure the ALT
clicks for each mouse button.

Also KDE doesnt have the popup issue thats in Genome. (when you quick without saving, the popup is screwed up in Genome, but in KDE it works fine)

Cheers,
D

Use the Fluxbox WM you'll never go back

cheers
-capin_crunch

wheee. new theme. thanks capin.