Blender install sgi octane

#1

i need some help–trying to install blender on my sgi octane–i have some unix background but very new to sgi octane–struggling to get it installed

am posting on nekochan which is very helpful but so far nothing seems to work

i know i am doing something basically wrong
but i have to get up and running–taken so far more than 2 months with this octane and program installation

i have the blender irix download from blender

any really basic help really is appreciated–i do my homework

i need things like
do this
then do this
and so forth

tia
peter
plener@gmail.com

#2

Yikes, that’s some pretty obscure hardware. Even SGI is moving away from IRIX / MIPS based systems to Linux / Intel.

Assuming the IRIX system is working correctly, all you should have to do is unpack the tarball and run it.

#3

Run it from the command line console. If you’re missing a library it should tell you there. I ran Blender a couple times on an Onyx without a problem. But when I did have issues, it was with Ubuntu on a PC a few years back. If Blender doesn’t run at all, I’d check out what the console says.

#4

Slightly off topic: I am not drawn to SGI hardware but I assume it is like my desire to pick up a TRS-80 Model 100 “laptop”. I always wanted one but could never possibly afford one when they were current (I was 10 I think). Is there any reason to actually run Blender on such old, slow hardware besides to do something you always wanted to do? I would think all aspects of Blender would run better on even reasonably modern PC hardware under Windows. But since I don’t know anything even close to everything I thought I would ask.

#5

hahahaha. My first PC was a TRS-80. What a throwback. Um, but no, Blender needs OpenGL (and a graphics card) to run.

#6

I understand how modern 3d graphics work. I meant is there any reason to run Blender on an SGI Octane. Besides for giggles, nostalgia or dream fulfillment.

#7

the reason was total stupidity–i was under the illusion that using a sgi octane blender would rock–i just did not do my homework–it cost me apx $800 of useless sgi equipment to find out–no one said and education was inexpensive

i just gave almost all my sgi stuff to a friend

fwiw

peter

#8

What? You gave away a perfectly good doorstop?

#9

works pick up in bronx
peter

#10

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