Step-by-step – BRL-CAD Linux Mint 19 Installation

March 3, 2020 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 1. Launching Shell Emulator

    Open a Terminal window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

    How to Install BRL-CAD in Linux Mint 19 LTS - Open Terminal Shell Emulator
  2. 2. Downloading BRL-CAD for Linux Mint

    Download BRL-CAD for Mint GNU/Linux

    Get Get BRL-CAD tar.gz for Linux Mint
  3. 3. Installing BRL-CAD

    Then to Set up BRL-CAD on Linux Mint
    First, Access the Target, usually in the Downloads folder:

    cd && cd Downloads

    To Check that there is run:

    ls . | grep BRL-CAD

    The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
    But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

    And then to Setup BRL-CAD simply switch it into the Target with:
    (Especially relevant: this is a System-wide setup, for a local one simply extract and run it into the $HOME folder.)

    sudo tar xvzf ./BRL-CAD*.tar.gz -C /opt/

    Again to fix permissions

    sudo chown -R root:root /opt/BRL-CAD*

    And last, to prepare for PATH setup rename it simply:

    sudo mv /opt/BRL-CAD* /opt/BRL-CAD
  4. 4. Amending User’s Path

    Again Append BRL-CAD Binaries into the Path.

    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/BRL-CAD/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

    Finally, Reload the Path with:

    bash

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