Installation

Source

In order to install this tool you’ll first need to get a copy of the files from Github. You can either clone the repository or download and extract an official release.

Adding to Houdini

you-can-call-me-houdini supports being loaded into Houdini in multiple ways:

Rez Package

This preferred installation method of this package is with Rez packaging via a package.py file in the root directory.

Non-Rez Package Options

It is possible to use you-can-call-me-houdini without rez, however it will currently take some minor work to enable all the features: you will need to copy/rename the src/houdini/pythonX.Ylibs directory to the Python version you wish to have support for (e.g. python3.11libs).

Houdini Package

This tool comes with a you_can_call_me_houdini.json file which can be used to tell Houdini how to load the package. Add the containing directory to $HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR to ensure it is loaded.

Path Based Setup

In order to manually setup the tooling you’ll need to do the following:

  • Add the src/houdini path to $HOUDINI_PATH

  • Add the src/python path to $PYTHONPATH

Requirements

Package requirements are listed in requirements.txt, as well as defined in the Rez package.py. Please ensure they are installed prior to launching Houdini.