3DVisualizer | Highly interactive application for visualization | Data Visualization library

It is recommended to download or move the source packages for Vrui and 3D Visualizer into a src directory underneath the user’s home directory. Otherwise, references to ~/src in the following instructions need to be changed. It is also recommended to skip optional steps 4 and 6 in the following instructions. 3D Visualizer does not need to be installed in order to be used; installation (to a system directory such as /usr/local) is only recommended if 3D Visualizer will be used from multiple user accounts.
Install Vrui from ~/src/Vrui-<version>-<build> (see Vrui README file).
Change into ~/src directory and unpack the 3D Visualizer tarball: > cd ~/src > tar xfz <download path>/3DVisualizer-<version>.tar.gz or - > tar xf <download path>/3DVisualizer-<version>.tar
Change into 3D Visualizer base directory: > cd 3DVisualizer-<version>
If the Vrui version installed in step 0 was not 4.2, or Vrui’s installation directory was changed from the default of /usr/local, adapt the makefile using a text editor. Change the value of VRUI_MAKEDIR close to the beginning of the file as follows: VRUI_MAKEDIR := <Vrui install dir>/share/make Where <Vrui install dir> is the installation directory chosen in step 0. Use $(HOME) to refer to the user’s home directory instead of ~.
Optional: Adapt makefile if 3D Visualizer is to be installed in a different location, for example /usr/local. Set INSTALLDIR to the desired target location. 3D Visualizer will be then be installed in $(INSTALLDIR)/bin, $(INSTALLDIR)/lib (or $(INSTALLDIR)/lib64 on 64-bit Linux systems), and $(INSTALLDIR)/share/3DVisualizer-<version>. Important note: Do not use ~ as a shortcut for the user’s home directory here; use $(HOME) instead. For example, write INSTALLDIR = $(HOME)/apps instead of INSTALLDIR = ~/apps
Build 3D Visualizer: > make
Optional: Install 3D Visualizer in the selected target location. This is only necessary if the INSTALLDIR variable in the makefile was changed. By default, 3D Visualizer can be run from its base directory. To install: > make install or, if the target location is a system directory - > sudo make install
Optional: Add directory containing the 3D Visualizer executable (~/src/3DVisualizer-<version>/bin in the default installation, $(INSTALLDIR)/bin otherwise) to the user’s search path. This allows running 3D Visualizer from any directory. Using csh or tcsh: > setenv PATH ${PATH}:~/src/3DVisualizer-<version>/bin or - > setenv PATH ${PATH}:<INSTALLDIR>/bin where <INSTALLDIR> is the target location set in the makefile. Using bash: > export PATH=${PATH}:~/src/3DVisualizer-<version>/bin or - > export PATH=${PATH}:<INSTALLDIR>/bin These lines can also be added to the user’s .cshrc or .bashrc files to make the additions persist between logins.