You don't unless you wan't it installed in /usr/local/. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Wayne Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >
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