From 2f34f286ef14b9c68a41874b8343d3bdec50c4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mehmet Oguz Derin Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 01:55:18 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Update INSTALL.md --- INSTALL.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 06bea506d..a2440a671 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ More info here https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/ref/plugins.html `activateHoudiniPlugin` executable can do the same for you automatically - it will try to find your houdini preference dir and add hdRpr package that will point to the current directory. +> [!TIP] +> On Linux, certain file copies that execute as part of `activateHoudiniPlugin` might require `sudo` elevated user, however that can end up writing the JSON file to home directory of another user than the current. Make sure that desired user's home directory contains the JSON file in the respective `packages` directory within `~/houdiniX.Y/` directory. + ### Usdview plugin Here and next, HDRPR_PACKAGE_DIR is a path to the root of the package.