Installing SideFX Labs Tools in Houdini 19.5 on Steam
There have been some problems with installing SideFX Labs tools in Houdini 19.5 on Steam.
Follow these workaround steps to install the tools.
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Here is a short guide to manually downloading the latest version of SideFXLabs and installing it into your local packages directory.
First, download the latest version of SideFXLabs from the git repo using this link:
https://github.com/sideeffects/SideFXLabs/archive/refs/heads/Development.zip
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TL;DR
1. Extract the zip file into your ~/Documents/houdini19.5/packages folder (create if doesn't exist). (MacOS) Extract the zip file into your ~/Library/Preferences/houdini/19.5/packages folder (create if doesn't exist).
2. Rename the extracted folder from 'SideFXLabs-Development' to 'SideFXLabs19.5'
3. Move the SideFXLabs19.5/SideFXLabs.json file up to the packages directory
4. Restart Houdini
5. Enjoy!
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NOTE: MacOS users will find their Houdini User Preferences folder located at ~/Library/Preferences/houdini/19.5
Step by step instructions: Iffor youWindows areusers:
usingOn Windows, youyour canHoudini useUser filePreferences explorerfolder tois browselocated quicklyat ~/Documents/houdini19.5/ and directlyyou tocan yourget userthere folderquickly with file explorer by entering %USERPROFILE% intoand thepressing addressenter barwhich andwill pressingtake enteryou there automatically.
Once there, you can browse underinto the 'Documents' folder', then find the 'houdini19.5' directorydirectoy under that.
This folder holds your local user configuration data for Houdini.
It's going to look something like this 'C:\Users\\Documents\houdini19.5' for Windows users.
Within that 'houdini19.5' directory, create a sub-directory named 'packages' and then extract the downloaded SideFXLabs-Development.zip file into the 'packages' directory.
Under 'packages' you should now have 'SideFXLabs-Development' directory
(IMPORTANT) : rename 'SideFXLabs-Development' to 'SideFXLabs19.5'
Inside the 'SideFXLabs19.5' directory, you will find a 'SideFXLabs.json' file
(IMPORTANT) : move the SideFXLabs.json file into the parent 'packages' folder
Restart Houdini and you should now have access to the latest Labs tools.
Follow these workaround steps to install the tools.
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Here is a short guide to manually downloading the latest version of SideFXLabs and installing it into your local packages directory.
First, download the latest version of SideFXLabs from the git repo using this link:
https://github.com/sideeffects/SideFXLabs/archive/refs/heads/Development.zip
---
TL;DR
1. Extract the zip file into your ~/Documents/houdini19.5/packages folder (create if doesn't exist). (MacOS) Extract the zip file into your ~/Library/Preferences/houdini/19.5/packages folder (create if doesn't exist).
2. Rename the extracted folder from 'SideFXLabs-Development' to 'SideFXLabs19.5'
3. Move the SideFXLabs19.5/SideFXLabs.json file up to the packages directory
4. Restart Houdini
5. Enjoy!
---
NOTE: MacOS users will find their Houdini User Preferences folder located at ~/Library/Preferences/houdini/19.5
Step by step instructions: Iffor youWindows areusers:
usingOn Windows, youyour canHoudini useUser filePreferences explorerfolder tois browselocated quicklyat ~/Documents/houdini19.5/ and directlyyou tocan yourget userthere folderquickly with file explorer by entering %USERPROFILE% intoand thepressing addressenter barwhich andwill pressingtake enteryou there automatically.
Once there, you can browse underinto the 'Documents' folder', then find the 'houdini19.5' directorydirectoy under that.
This folder holds your local user configuration data for Houdini.
It's going to look something like this 'C:\Users\\Documents\houdini19.5' for Windows users.
Within that 'houdini19.5' directory, create a sub-directory named 'packages' and then extract the downloaded SideFXLabs-Development.zip file into the 'packages' directory.
Under 'packages' you should now have 'SideFXLabs-Development' directory
(IMPORTANT) : rename 'SideFXLabs-Development' to 'SideFXLabs19.5'
Inside the 'SideFXLabs19.5' directory, you will find a 'SideFXLabs.json' file
(IMPORTANT) : move the SideFXLabs.json file into the parent 'packages' folder
Restart Houdini and you should now have access to the latest Labs tools.