[PLUG] POVray on Ubuntu Hardy

[Richard C. Steffens]

Carlos Konstanski wrote:
> An error?  That could be a lot of things.  What is the output if you
> run this:
>
>    ls -ld /usr/local/share/doc/povray-3.6/html
>
> Do you see this message:
>
>    ls: cannot access html: No such file or directory
>   
rsteff at moonguide:~$ ls -ld /usr/local/share/doc/povray-3.6/html
ls: cannot access /usr/local/share/doc/povray-3.6/html: No such file or 
directory

The directory /usr/local/share/doc does not exist on my machine.

> Or does something else happen?  Either the folder does not exist, or
> you don't have permissions to it.  A folder must have the execute bit
> set in order to enter it.  The permissions problem could be in a
> higher-level folder, like /usr/local/share/doc/povray-3.6,
> /usr/local/share/doc, etc.  Any folder you cannot enter will hose all
> others under it.
>
> Isn't there an apt command you can use to list the files in a package?
> Someone else will have to jump in here.  Or synaptic will let you
> click your way to it.
>   

I don't find anything about where files were installed when I look at 
Synaptic, just that the package is installed.

If I simply run povray I get this message:

rsteff at moonguide:~$ povray
povray: cannot open the user configuration file 
/home/rsteff/.povray/3.6/povray.conf: No such file or directory

(followed by a lot of other stuff)

Running povray -? returns the same output.

I assume that some configuration is needed, but I don't know where to 
look to find out how to do it.

Thanks for your input.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
www.dicksteffens.com