Thanks for Must(QQ ID)'s big help for installing Houdini in CentOS7.

 

- download HOUDINI_FX_V12.5.371_LINUX_X64_GCC44-XFORCE

 

- unzip and untar to /home/user0/tools/sidefx/HOUDINI_FX_V12.5.371_LINUX_X64_GCC44-XFORCE

 

- setup

$su

#/home/user0/tools/sidefx/HOUDINI_FX_V12.5.371_LINUX_X64_GCC44-XFORCE/houdini-12.5.371-linux_x86_64_gcc4.4/houdini.inistall

you can see [1] for more details

 

- crack

- stop Houdini License Server

/etc/init.d/sesinetd stop

- replace sesinetd:

#rm /usr/lib/sesi/sesinetd

#cp /home/user0/tools/sidefx/HOUDINI_FX_V12.5.371_LINUX_X64_GCC44-XFORCE/sesinetd /usr/lib/sesi/

#chmod 777 /usr/lib/sesi/sesinetd

-restart Houdini License Server

#/etc/init.d/sesinetd stop

#/etc/init.d/sesinetd start

 

- regist

- Applications>Side Effects Software>License Administrator>Server Information, record your Server host and Server Code

-

#/home/user0/tools/sidefx/HOUDINI_FX_V12.5.371_LINUX_X64_GCC44-XFORCE/houdini12_5keygen-linux

input your Server host and Server Code,

it will list many messsage like this:

SERVER .....

LICENSE Generic Houdini-Master .....

- copy these lines(at least 5 lines) into License Administrator, one line each time.

NOTE: You MUST input the line "SERVER ...."  first.

 

- start Houdini

On my Thinkpad t430 the shader on default object, e.g. box or sphere, is black. And if I try to move the object, Houdini crashes. 

I find this post [2], it says that the crash is caused by display driver issue.

Then I set BIOS>Config>Display> use discrete card.

It works well now.

 

 

 

Reference:

1. http://bbs.ideasr.com/thread-4766-1-1.html

2. http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&p=156227