[Paraview] Problem installing prebuilt 64-bit Linux binaries

[David Partyka]

You don't unless you wan't it installed in /usr/local/.

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Wayne Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> 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 <mstock at umich.edu> 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
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