Hi, try to install houdini 12 on linux ubuntu, but there isnt some install files. what should i do?
Thx.

With terminal, cd to your houdini install folder and enter this command

sudo ./houdini.install

I'm not able to go on to the installation
I cd to my uncompressed houdini downloaded folder
and I get this to the command

sudo ./houdini.install command not found

Ideas?

(totally a newby on Ubuntu)

If those colons are part of the command, then they wouldn't work.

The installers should be fine; I just downloaded and installed the latest build on Xubuntu last night.

Maybe try re-downloading it again?

If above code dosen't work and you take error (command not found) ,Use this code in the terminal :

sudo bash ./houdini.install

or


sudo sh ./houdini.install

Also I suggest to you copy your installation files to your Document folder before Installing

Hello…

no the semicolon is just part of the copy/paste of the output of the command

I've downloaded again the latest houdini and tried again and the same thing.

If I double click on the houdini.isntall file using the graphical interface explorer, the file opens up with gedit, as it was a text file.

If I make sudo ./houdini.install on a terminal, I get the same result as before, that is a command not found.

My wild guess is that my file assosiation might be messed up?

houw can I be sure to exceture a .install file?
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Hey lozo ,Did you test my last code to install Houdini ?

sudo bash ./houdini.install

I used this code for both Ubuntu and Mint ,Be sure this will work 8)

Hey Jocker386… I saw your replay after my last post… I just tested it and hurray!!!… it was just that!

I'm slowly recalling my old school unix and it makes total sense the sudo bash or sudo sh… thanks a lot for the solution!

Cheers
Lozo

Ok… isntallation done
opened the readme and the source of the houdini_source done and evn var are correctly set.

Now, I try to launch houdini standing in the bin directory of my instalation dir and here is the output:

lozomedia/DATA/unixProgs/houdini/bin$ sudo bash ./houdini
./houdini: line 8: /media/DATA/unixProgs/houdini/bin/houdini-bin: Permission denied
./houdini: line 8: exec: /media/DATA/unixProgs/houdini/bin/houdini-bin: cannot execute: Permission denied

That's because your Houdini's Installation files permission like houdini-bin in the bin directory.

to check it open properties for houdini-bin in the bin folder (/opt/hfs12.5.560/bin/houdini-bin in my system) and in the Persmissions page “Allow executing files as program” most be On , If not you should check it On .

Also you can apply persmission for Houdini installation files via root ,Open your base Houdini Directory and apply persmmision for all of the subdirectory and files.

Also you can apply persmission for “Allow executing files as program” with below code :

sudo chmod 777 <fileName>

or in the bin directory use below code to apply executing permission for all of the files :

cd to your Houdini's bin dir

sudo chmod 777 *

Of course when I installed houdini on Ubuntu or Mint , Houdini luncher icon created in my desktop and Menu programs list automatically and I don't need to run it from bin manually !!!

Also if “Allow executing files as program” for Houdini_bin in the bin directory is On , You can run Houdini just by Double Click on this file and you don't need to run H from terminal :?

Unfortunately it did not work this time.

I tired changin the permissions to executable both using graphical interface and throught terminal un super user mode and I still get the same message of pessions denied as above.
roll

… oh and I did not get any icon on my desktop or eaither on my launch bar! So I'm stuck with the terminal (

I'm sure this problem is for file's security ,Because when I don't have permissions to installed files ,I take exactly same error like you !

Maybe something is hide from our eyes ,let me check another probabilities!!! :?

I got to the origin of all my issues…

I was downloading and installing everything on a mounted disk with NTFS format… which makes it possible for ubuntu to read and write on but not to change mods to executable for example… it is a format issue of the disk

got to this conclusion after getting to this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/152607/cant-make-a-file-executable [askubuntu.com]
thanks for your help
Cheers
Lozo

Yes ,That's true !
I didn't know you installed your Houdini on ntfs drive !!!

Another important note is ex4 format in the Linux is so faster than ntfs (! )

In SSD drive this compare is really more than normal drive and I suggest you if you have SSD ,set your Houdini_Temp_Dir on it :wink: