Hi Katrin,
Thanks a lot for your great response and sorry for the late answer. My
first approach was to use pre-compiled versions of Radiance 4.2 from the
NREL website, but I got some failure messages after the installation. I
have asked our system administrator and he has told me that the Radiance
4.2 files from the NREL website for Linux are somehow linked to a newer
version of CentOS than we have at the moment. This linkage would occur
during the compilation process of the Radiance version offered at the
NREL website. I have hoped, that I am facing maybe a common problem that
some of you have already solved. But in the meantime I wonder what the
advantage would be to use Radiance 4.2 to the 4.1 version? Are there any
obvious reasons? Because we have now also tried to install the 4.1
version and the installation worked out fine.
The Radiance release notes are available on the official web site:
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/refer/Notes/ReleaseNotes.html
It's probably a good idea to always use the latest version. There are
always some bugs that get fixed, and new functionality that gets added.
If you intend to use rtcontrib, you might even want to consider living
at the cutting edge with the nightly HEAD releases. I've never had
problems with instability etc.
Cheers
Axel
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