Houdini Silent Install Script

Automatically (silent) downloads and installs latest Houdini build. Good solution for studio pipeline!

Logs in SideFx site using USERNAME and PASSWORD
Looking for the latest Houdini production build at http://www.sidefx.com/download/daily-builds/
Downloads the latest build if it is not yet downloaded or file is corrupted
Extracts archive (Linux)
Starts silent installation of Houdini only

Start script with python in command line. Set USERNAME and PASSWORD of SideFx Site Account.

(linux)

python ./houdini_install.py -u myusername -p mypassword -i /opt/houdini

(windows start as admin!)

python c:\scripts\houdini_install.py -u myusername -p mypassword -i c:\software\houdini

Script will install houdini to folder _installationdir/build/

If last Houdini build is 16.5.123 HFS will be /opt/houdini/16.5.123 or c:\software\houdini\16.5.123

Flags

-i --install_dir - Installation dir. Required.
-u --username - SideFX site username
-p --password - SideFX site password
-s --server - Install Houdini License Server. y/yes, n/no, a/auto. Default auto (experimental)

To install modules call command

pip install beautifulsoup4 requests