InstallingHoudini

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This is some additional user-contributed information on tips on installing Houdini on the various supported platforms.

Contents 1 Windows 2 Linux 2.1 Ubuntu 3 And now...

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1. Download the appropriate Windows build .exe file. See DownloadingHoudini.
2. Execute the file and follow instructions.

After the installation is complete, you should see the Start menu has "Side Effects Software" entries.

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[edit] Ubuntu

1. Download the appropriate Ubuntu build. See DownloadingHoudini.
2. Extract the contents of the archive.
   1. If it's the .tar.gz use the Ubuntu Archive Manager or "tar xvfz houdini-xxx.tar.gz" it from a Terminal shell.
   2. If it's the .7z (self-extracting) archive, add 'execute' permissions on it (use "chmod +x houdini-xxx.7z"), and now execute it with "./houdini-xxx.7z".
3. Change into the extracted directory
4. Execute the install script using "sudo ./houdini.install".
5. Answer yes to all the questions - and choose the location to which you'd like to install the software. If you have no objections, let it install to the default location (/opt/hfs-x.x.xxx).

After the installation is complete, you should see the Program menu on the Panel has "Side Effects Software" entries. If you don't want to start from the menu and want to start from the shell, open a Terminal, cd to the installation location and type "source houdini_setup". Now execute "houdini".

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If you wish to perform more advance setup and installations from here, please read CustomizingHoudini. If you are experiencing problems, please check the FrequentlyAskedQuestions page too.