Hello, Do we really need to create the symbolic links manually? I extracted the binary package onto my Ubuntu 64-bit and can execute ParaView directly from the bin/.
Thanks. Best regards, Wayne On 5 April 2011 16:01, Mark Stock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is my first message to the Paraview list, though I have been using the > software for several years now. > > The latest 3.10 prebuilt 64-bit binary package contained no installation > instructions (which is odd for a package of Paraview's size), plus it was > missing some critical symlinks. > > So for the benefit of those who follow, here is how I got it to work > (installing into /usr/local): > > % tar -xzf ParaView-3.10.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz > % cd ParaView-3.10.0-Linux-x86_64/ > % sudo mv bin/* /usr/local/bin/ > % sudo mv lib/* /usr/local/lib64/ > % cd /usr/local/lib64/ > % sudo ln -s paraview-3.10 paraview > % cd paraview > % sudo ln -s paraview paraview-real > > Finally, is there any way to search the Paraview archives? I have a few > other questions about changes in recent versions (like the default glyph for > unstructured point sets, which was once an attractive circle, is now an > awkward square). > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
