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Add Houdini default executable path examples for Mac and Linux #15

Open BigRoy opened 1 month ago

BigRoy commented 1 month ago

Changelog Description

Set up draft as defaults for Houdini executables on mac and linux

Additional info

These paths may need to be confirmed to be correct by Linux/Mac users.

Based on e.g. https://www.sidefx.com/faq/question/install-linux/

Testing notes:

  1. Confirm the defaults
  2. The new defaults should apply
  3. Settings should work when loading new applications package
BigRoy commented 2 weeks ago

The Linux defaults are reasonable for Houdini. but you should not point to a specific Houdini patch version. there is usually a symlink called hfs20.0 or hfs20.5, etc; I would say it is more likely that the symlink is set (via the Houdini launcher) than that the exact Houdini version is installed.

ps: If a user changes the default install location, they can change the settings, I say.

Also not sure if it should be part of this pr, but Houdini 20 and maybe even 20.5 would be nice

Could you provide me the full default executable paths (and preferably even "suggest" them so we can finalize this PR?)

Lypsolon commented 2 weeks ago

executable

/opt/hfs20.0 this is an path example. also there is an almalinux 9 machine in the ynput office if you want to test on Linux there is infrastructure for that. (its limited and i hope we get to a way better point but there is a baseline)