I was looking through the Maxwell Render manual a while ago and at the start it has the install instructions. Just a quick look made me smirk. installation: Windows: Run the installation file (maxwell.exe) and follow the installation procedure. The Maxwell executable files will be added to the system path. A user environment variable named Maxwell_RooT pointing to the installation folder will be added. if this variable doesnât exist or is not created properly, the application will fail. Mac os x: Unstuff the installation package and drag & drop the contents into the applications folder. linux: installing tar.gz. Copy maxwell64-1.6.linux64.tar.gz to /opt and uncompress and untar the package. Type both gzip -d maxwell64-1.6.linux64.tar.gz and tar xvf maxwell64-1.6.linux64.tar Create a user environment variable named Maxwell_RooT that points to the Maxwell installation folder. depending on your shell, the procedure may differ slightly. for example, in Bash shell use: export MAXWELL_ROOT=â/opt/maxwell64â export PATH=â/opt/maxwell64/:$PATHâ in csh shell: setenv MAXWELL_ROOT â/opt/maxwell64â setenv PATH â/opt/maxwell64:$PATHâ Originally Posted by Which looks more appealing?