williamb wrote:Is it possible to install from source makehuman community alpha 3 on Win10. The instructions are somewhat daunting. I can't make binary installation file work no matter what. Its somewhat frustrating since the program was running great until I had a windows crash.
To the question, yes. The most difficult part is installing python on Windows. In my case I have settled on using Anaconda python rather than trying to assemble all the parts myself. There is a little overhead initially, but ultimately managing dependencies is easier.
williamb wrote:Which file do I use to install Makehuman? I have some doubt that installing from source will even work since I get an error message using the stable version of Makehuman. I have a fast Windows computer with an Nvidia card with the latest drivers. I shut off my antivirus program and windows defender with no luck. Both programs ran great until Windows crashed. After getting Windows going again installing either programs fails.
Python is not a true compiled language so MH is not "installed" when running source. From the main MH source directory (within Windows cmd console) type at the command line: python makehuman.py
That said, it seems hard to believe that the "installer version of MH" won't work with the right solution. Can you tell us more about the exact error you get when you try to use the installable ("binary") version? Did you install "just for you " or for "all users" on the machine?
The current installer only adds an entry in the start menu. Are you starting from there?