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 *Navigate from a terminal into the folder where you uncompressed it and type:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 ./configure COMPILED_BY="your name <email@address>"
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 if you get an error, whatever will follow the "configure: error: " is the names of missing libraries on your system, it could be boost, libpng, or anything... Go to your package manager such as Synaptic or whatever, and install each of them preferably the specific version which is asked for. At the end of the configure command, this should be written:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 Unix man page:/usr/local/share/man
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 *then type:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 make
 make install
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 That's all, you should then have POV-Ray 3.7 installed.
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 Below is the recipe used to compile POV-Ray for Slackware:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 cd /media/space/software/Source/povray/povray-3.7.0/povray
 git config core.sparsecheckout true
@@ Line 114: / Line 114: @@
 #8 -  Source location: [ povray ]
 #9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 =====Termux=====
@@ Line 124: / Line 124: @@
 termux-setup-storage
 </pre>
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 #pkg install x11-repo #no more needed --without-x, theoretically the below libxpm neither
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 <pre style="color: silver; background: black; white-space: pre-wrap;">
@@ Line 145: / Line 145: @@
 </pre>
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 #--disable-shared creates a portable app with included libraries
 #--without-openexr is advised to create non-redistributable only,
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 # also add -libsdl to LIBS flag when testing for the preview display...
 # remove --without-x in case the above works
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 <pre style="color: silver; background: black; white-space: pre-wrap;">
 ./configure COMPILED_BY="your name <email@address>" --without-x --disable-io-restrictions LIBS="-lboost_system -lboost_thread" CXX=clang++ CC=clang CFLAGS="-mcpu=native" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=native"#--disable-shared for portable version
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 When trying
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 make install
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 something's wrong with permissions so more work is required.
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 Once you have downloaded the zip-file, move it to the desktop and open your Terminal application. Type in the following lines, executing each one by pressing the Return-key:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 cd desktop
 unzip POV-Ray3_7_CommandLineMacV2.zip
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 sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
 sudo mv povray /usr/local/bin
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 After opening a new Terminal window you are ready to use the command line version of POV-Ray, by just typing the command:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 povray
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 which should give you the standard POV-Ray startup messages.
 To do batch renders:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 povray render_one.ini ; povray render_two.ini
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 Should you need to pause a render, then use the following command:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 killall -STOP povray
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 To resume the rendering again, use:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 killall -CONT povray
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 You have a render that needs to be done with a high(er) priority than the render(s) you have currently running? Simple, in a new Terminal window, type the following line:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 killall -STOP povray ; povray priority_render.ini ; killall -CONT povray
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 And last but not least: you can use "Fire and forget" renders! Normally you would have to keep the Terminal window open while a render is in progress, however, when you type:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 tcsh
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 And then type the following line:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 povray test.ini ; zip -m test.zip *.tga ; uuencode test.zip test.zip | /usr/bin/mail -s "Rendered Image" your_email@address.com &
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 You may now close the Terminal window if need be, as long as the computer stays on, the render will continue in the background. You will even get the resulting file sent to you in your email!
 Or you can have a little fun too, having your Mac talk to you, when a render has finished, by telling you so:
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 povray test.ini ; say -v samantha "Your render has finished"
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>

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 <pre style="color: silver; background: black; white-space: pre-wrap;">
 pkg upgrade
-pkg install -y libllvm clang autoconf automake boost imagemagick git pkg-config #libxpm #sdl
+pkg install -y libllvm llvm-tools clang autoconf automake boost imagemagick git pkg-config #libxpm #sdl
 git clone https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray.git
 </pre>

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 ===Mac OS/X===
 You can download some Mac builds of POV-Ray here:
 http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/

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 * In the '''/windows/README.md''' file [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/blob/master/windows/README.md for Windows]
 These two links apply to the 3.8 development version of POV-Ray they ship with... which, by the way, is not yet an official stable version. Rather go [https://www.povray.org/beta/source/ here] or for this relative to current stable version.
-So be aware that the below recipes are in no way official instructions. They may even be outdated, and are just to here to be considered as rather particular cases feedback that might come in handy to some lucky users.
+So be aware that the below recipes are in no way official instructions. They may even be outdated, and are just here to be considered as rather particular cases feedback that might come in handy to some lucky users.
 ===Windows===

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:00, 28 May 2021
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	= Installation =		= Installation =
−	{{Warning/Important}}'''~~Diclamer~~ : Official instructions to build POV-Ray can be found on the Github POV-Ray source repository (pay particular attention to the list of dependencies):'''	+	{{Warning/Important}}'''Diclaimer : Official instructions to build POV-Ray can be found on the Github POV-Ray source repository (pay particular attention to the list of dependencies):'''

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 also downloading the editor DLL's when prompted by the installer, as without the editor you will need to use another program
 to edit .POV source files.
 ===Linux===
 *Download the source from [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tree/3.7-stable GitHub].

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 = Installation =
 ===Windows===
 Binaries are compiled for every new version of POV-Ray and are available [http://www.povray.org/download/ on the POV-Ray website].

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:45, 16 April 2021
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	Intel-based computers with system 10.6.8 and later (included 10.9)		Intel-based computers with system 10.6.8 and later (included 10.9)
	are supported.		are supported.
		+
		+	Once you have downloaded the zip-file, move it to the desktop and open your Terminal application. Type in the following lines, executing each one by pressing the Return-key:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	cd desktop
		+	unzip POV-Ray3_7_CommandLineMacV2.zip
		+	cd PovrayCommandLineMacV2
		+	mv Povray37UnofficialMacCmd povray
		+	sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
		+	sudo mv povray /usr/local/bin
		+	</source>
		+	After opening a new Terminal window you are ready to use the command line version of POV-Ray, by just typing the command:
		+
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	povray
		+	</source>
		+	which should give you the standard POV-Ray startup messages.
		+	To do batch renders:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	povray render_one.ini ; povray render_two.ini
		+	</source>
		+
		+
		+	Should you need to pause a render, then use the following command:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	killall -STOP povray
		+	</source>
		+	To resume the rendering again, use:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	killall -CONT povray
		+	</source>
		+	You have a render that needs to be done with a high(er) priority than the render(s) you have currently running? Simple, in a new Terminal window, type the following line:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	killall -STOP povray ; povray priority_render.ini ; killall -CONT povray
		+	</source>
		+	And last but not least: you can use "Fire and forget" renders! Normally you would have to keep the Terminal window open while a render is in progress, however, when you type:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	tcsh
		+	</source>
		+	And then type the following line:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	povray test.ini ; zip -m test.zip *.tga ; uuencode test.zip test.zip \| /usr/bin/mail -s "Rendered Image" your_email@address.com &
		+	</source>
		+	You may now close the Terminal window if need be, as long as the computer stays on, the render will continue in the background. You will even get the resulting file sent to you in your email!
		+
		+	Or you can have a little fun too, having your Mac talk to you, when a render has finished, by telling you so:
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	povray test.ini ; say -v samantha "Your render has finished"
		+	</source>

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 = Installation =
 ===Windows===
-Binaries are compiled for every new version of POV-Ray and available in the Windows Download section of this page:
+Binaries are compiled for every new version of POV-Ray and are available [http://www.povray.org/download/ on the POV-Ray website].
 http://www.povray.org/download/
-Running the setup.exe installer with standard options is enough to set POV-Ray up and in working order for the Blender exporter.
+Running the setup.exe installer with standard options is enough to set POV-Ray up and in working order, though we do recommend
 ===Linux===
-*Download the source from here:
+*Download the source from [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tree/3.7-stable GitHub].
 *On older Linux distributions you may have to query-replace march=native to march=corei7 in the configure file (tested with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit, gcc 4.6.3, and i7-4770K processor).
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 That's all, you should then have POV-Ray 3.7 installed.
-[http://wiki.povray.org/content/User:Le_Forgeron/vault/Compilation Here] is a page with more options for compiling.
+[/content/User:Le_Forgeron/vault/Compilation Here] is a page with more options for compiling.
 =====Slackware=====

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 =====Termux=====
 Below is what was tried and finally used (# is a comment sign) ...to compile some unofficial and official POV-Ray 3.8 for Termux on an ''armv7 achitecture, (32bits)'' of the '''Samsung Galaxy note 3''' (both N900A and N9005, respectively with android 5 and 10):
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 ./unix/povray +I./distribution/scenes/advanced/grenadine/grenadine.pov +W1080 +H1920 +Fj +L./include +L./distribution/scenes/advanced/grenadine +O$HOME/storage/dcim/grenadine
 </pre>