Hello all :) Just me again, back after a bit of an absence ;)
Anyway, I tried Wings 3D probably a few years ago but I never stuck with it, and just recently I decided that maybe it was worth another try. So I thought, 'easy enough. I'll just get it from the software center'. Well... it's not there anymore (I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 now, by the way). I'm not sure what version of Linux I was using those few years ago, probably Kubuntu 12.04 or something like that, but whatever it was it had Wings 3D right in the software center.
So, for those of you Linux users that don't want to spend hours searching Google for a solution while bugging imcold via PM like I did, here's a short little guide to get you going :)
1. Download Wings 3D from the official website: Downloads | Wings 3D. I downloaded the stable release version 1.5.4 for 64-bit Ubuntu.
2. Once the download is complete, run the following command in a terminal to install Wings: sudo sh ./Downloads/wings-1.5.3-linux.bzip2.run
3. The Wings 3D program files will now be in your Home folder, in a folder called wings-1.5.4. You can run it from here using the terminal command sh ./wings-1.5.3/wings, but this isn't exactly an elegant solution...
4. We're going to hide the wings-1.5.4 folder so it - like other apps - isn't taking up visible space in our Home folder. But first, we need to change one of the files. Directly inside the wings-1.5.4 folder, there is a file simply called wings. It's a shell script. Open it up with Gedit and change the line ROOTDIR=/home/your_username/wings-1.5.4 to ROOTDIR=/home/your_username/.wings-1.5.4 (the only change is the period added in front of the Wings folder name). If the wings-1.5.4 folder and files are locked by root, you will need to use sudo nautilus to access them. Then change the ROOTDIR line (and of course, edit your_username to actually be your username).
5. Wings will now be able to find its own program files when we 'move' it to the hidden folder world. To do this, simply rename the wings-1.5.4 folder to .wings-1.5.4
6. Now we need a shortcut to program itself. To add a launcher icon, open a terminal and run the following command: sudo -i gedit /usr/share/applications/wings.desktop
7. This will open a blank Gedit file. Paste the following code inside and then save the file:
8. Drag the .desktop file you just created to your launcher. You will now be able to launch Wings 3D just like any other program :)
On a side note, I also used Gimp and the wings_icon_big.bmp file to create a .gif with transparency to get rid of the unsightly white border around the icon. If you do this, just edit the .desktop file to point to the new icon. I put it right in the .wings-1.5.4 folder.
That would be all... -ProjectKITT :cool:
Anyway, I tried Wings 3D probably a few years ago but I never stuck with it, and just recently I decided that maybe it was worth another try. So I thought, 'easy enough. I'll just get it from the software center'. Well... it's not there anymore (I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 now, by the way). I'm not sure what version of Linux I was using those few years ago, probably Kubuntu 12.04 or something like that, but whatever it was it had Wings 3D right in the software center.
So, for those of you Linux users that don't want to spend hours searching Google for a solution while bugging imcold via PM like I did, here's a short little guide to get you going :)
1. Download Wings 3D from the official website: Downloads | Wings 3D. I downloaded the stable release version 1.5.4 for 64-bit Ubuntu.
2. Once the download is complete, run the following command in a terminal to install Wings: sudo sh ./Downloads/wings-1.5.3-linux.bzip2.run
3. The Wings 3D program files will now be in your Home folder, in a folder called wings-1.5.4. You can run it from here using the terminal command sh ./wings-1.5.3/wings, but this isn't exactly an elegant solution...
4. We're going to hide the wings-1.5.4 folder so it - like other apps - isn't taking up visible space in our Home folder. But first, we need to change one of the files. Directly inside the wings-1.5.4 folder, there is a file simply called wings. It's a shell script. Open it up with Gedit and change the line ROOTDIR=/home/your_username/wings-1.5.4 to ROOTDIR=/home/your_username/.wings-1.5.4 (the only change is the period added in front of the Wings folder name). If the wings-1.5.4 folder and files are locked by root, you will need to use sudo nautilus to access them. Then change the ROOTDIR line (and of course, edit your_username to actually be your username).
5. Wings will now be able to find its own program files when we 'move' it to the hidden folder world. To do this, simply rename the wings-1.5.4 folder to .wings-1.5.4
6. Now we need a shortcut to program itself. To add a launcher icon, open a terminal and run the following command: sudo -i gedit /usr/share/applications/wings.desktop
7. This will open a blank Gedit file. Paste the following code inside and then save the file:
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Wings 3D
Comment=Wings 3D polygon mesh modeler
Exec=.wings-1.5.4/wings
Icon=/home/your_username/.wings-1.5.4/lib/wings/ebin/wings_icon_big.bmp
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Wings 3D
On a side note, I also used Gimp and the wings_icon_big.bmp file to create a .gif with transparency to get rid of the unsightly white border around the icon. If you do this, just edit the .desktop file to point to the new icon. I put it right in the .wings-1.5.4 folder.
That would be all... -ProjectKITT :cool:
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