Houdini18 Install on CentOS7

houdini18.0.416 installed on centos7

 

1. environment:

　　OS : CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1908.iso

　　houdini : houdini-18.0.416-linux_x86_64_gcc6.3.tar.gz

 

2. change hostname (important):

　　2.1 [root@book ~]# vim /etc/hostname
　　2.2 input : book //"book" must be on the first line of hostname file
　　2.3 wq
　　2.4 [root@book ~]# reboot

 

3 install library : " libXss/ligGLU " (important)

　　[root@book ~]#  dnf -y install      libXScrnSaver

 

　　[root@book ~]#   dnf -y install     mesa-libGLU

 

　　[root@book ~]#   dnf -y install     libnsl

4. install houdini18(use "root" user to install houdini18)

　　4.1 [root@book ~]# cd /opt ;
　　4.2 [root@book ~]# mkdir -p /opt/houdini ;

// decompression package
　　4.3 tar -xzvf houdini-18.0.416-linux_x86_64_gcc6.3.tar.gz

// install houdini18
　　4.4 cd houdini-18.0.416-linux_x86_64_gcc6.3
　　4.5 ./houdini.install
　　4.6 (change installed directory) /opt/houdini/hfs18.0.416 ;
　　4.7 f(keeping default selected softwares) ;
　　4.8 cd /opt/houdini/hfs18.0.416 ;
　　4.9 source     houdini_setup
　　4.a run houdini . input in terminal : houdini --no-sandbox , or in menu -> sidefx ... -> houdini18fx

 

 

5. questions

-- 5.1、 open your houdini license server（sesinetd 服务）

---- [root@book ~]# cd      /opt/hfs18.0

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# ls
bin houdini_filelist houdini_setup_csh packages toolkit
dsolib houdini_logo.png houdini_symlinklist python
engine houdini_setup houdini.uninstall qt
houdini houdini_setup_bash installDesktopItems.py Readme.txt

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# source      houdini_setup
The Houdini 18.0.442 environment has been initialized.

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# hkey     --no-sandbox

 

 

-- 5.2、 open your houdini in linux

---- [root@book ~]# cd     /opt/hfs18.0

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# ls
bin houdini_filelist houdini_setup_csh packages toolkit
dsolib houdini_logo.png houdini_symlinklist python
engine houdini_setup houdini.uninstall qt
houdini houdini_setup_bash installDesktopItems.py Readme.txt

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# source     houdini_setup
The Houdini 18.0.442 environment has been initialized.

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# houdini     --no-sandbox

 

-- 5.3、invalid computer name(change your name of computer )

-- first way --
---- [root@book hfs18.0]# hostname
book

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# vim /etc/hostname
---- ---- input your computer name (i input "book")
---- ---- :wq

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# reboot

-- anther way to change your computer's name --
---- [root@book hfs18.0]# hostnamectl     set-hostname     book

---- [root@book hfs18.0]# reboot

 

-- 5.4、houdini license server is not running (houdini license server = sesinetd)
----[root@book hfs18.0]#  chkconfig --list | grep "sesinetd"
----[root@book hfs18.0]#  /etc/init.d/sesinetd start （start houdini license server）
----[root@book hfs18.0]#  chkconfig sesinetd on (auto start sesinetd ,when you start your computer);