The installation packages that come with Maya are .rpm packages. To get this running we need to convert the packages to .deb. For that use Alien.
Now there are a few things we need to make sure are installed, like fonts etc.Code:sudo apt-get install alien
You may also need to install these if you find packages are missing:Code:sudo apt-get install csh, tcsh, libglw1-mesa, libglw1-mesa-dev, libaudiofile-dev, libaudiofile0, libaudiofile0-dbg, elfutils, ttf-liberation, ttf-mscorefonts-installer
We need to set up some symbolic links now:Code:sudo apt-get install tcsh fam libxp6 libxpm4 libxprintapputil1 libxprintutil1 cpio rpm ia32-libs
and then:Code:sudo ln -s /usr/autodesk /autodesk sudo ln -s /usr/aw /aw
We need to convert all of the rpm files to deb using alien. Make a folder on your drive called Maya2011 and move all of your rpm files into there. There is one package that is not included in the rpm file zip which is called adlmflexnetserver-1.2.26-0.x86_64.rpm. This is the license server so you will need it. It is included with the open source code.*UPDATE: This file may also be in a zip/folder (or other archive) called Autodesk_license_servertools ****Code:export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
*NOTE Autodesk has only released Backburner in 32 bit for Linux, so you won't be able to convert it. If you did so, just remove any backburner packages from the Maya2011 folder. They aren't compatible with our 64 bit architecture.
Here is a list of all the files you will need:
* EULA
* adlmapps-1.3.34-0.x86_64.rpm
* adlmflexnetclient-1.3.34-0.x86_64.rpm
* adlmflexnetserver-1.3.34-0.x86_64.rpm
* Composite2011-2011.0-2459.x86_64.rpm Install this if you want Toxic
* MatchMover2011_0_64-2011.0-177.x86_64.rpm Install this if you want Matchmover
* Maya2011_0_64-2011.0-271.x86_64.rpm
* Maya2011_0-docs_en_US_64-2011-88.x86_64.rpm
* MID.txt
* setup
* setup.xml
* setupbar.png
Now open terminal and navigate to the Maya2011 folder something like cd/whereveryoupuit/maya2011
Pass the following:
This is where you get to use your extra cores. Alien will convert the packages to deb files. It could take 5-15 minutes depending on your system specs.Code:for i in *.rpm; do sudo alien -cv $i; done
Now install the .deb packages:
Now we need to set up some symbolic links for programs like fcheck.Code:sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Code:cd /usr/local/bin sudo ln -s /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/fcheck fcheck sudo ln -s /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/maya2011 maya sudo ln -s /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/imgcvt imgcvt sudo ln -s /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/Render Render cd /usr/autodesk sudo ln -s maya2011-x64 maya
Let's make some icons on our desktop for our install by entering the following:
Code:sudo ln -sf /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/desktop/Autodesk-Maya.desktop /usr/share/applications/Autodesk-Maya.desktop sudo ln -sf /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/desktop/Autodesk-Maya.directory /usr/share/desktop-directories/Autodesk-Maya.directory sudo ln -sf /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/desktop/Maya.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/Maya.png
Set up Mental Ray:
Code:sudo mkdir /usr/tmp sudo chmod 777 /usr/tmp
Set up the user interface:
After this completes, it's time to set up the licensing system:Code:sudo sh -c "echo 'setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8' >> /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/maya2011"
Rare for Linux, reboot.Code:/usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/licensechooser /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/ standalone unlimited
Let's create a fake binary license file:
Go to your home folder and create a .c file named mayaInstall.c
Enter:
Open up terminal again and enter:Code:int main (void) {return 0; } cd /home/usernameexample/Maya2011 sh -c "echo 'int main (void) {return 0; }' >> /home/exempleuser/Maya2011/mayaInstall.c"
Code:export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/R1/lib64/
For the next line of code, the number in red 658D1 is your product code. This can change with different versions of Maya, so be sure to enter it correctly or you will get an error: reason ##
Autodesk recommends a reboot at this point, this has been the only way I have done it as well.Code:/usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/bin/adlmreg -i S 658C1 658D1 2011.0.0.F “yourserialnumber” /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2011/MayaConfig.pit
Navigate to your Maya2011 folder.
Follow menu instructions.Code:sudo ./setup
Open up a terminal and enter the following:
We are almost done, we need to add the following symbolic links:Code:cd /usr/lib sudo ln -s libtiff.so.4 libtiff.so.3 cd /usr/autodesk/maya2011-x64/lib/ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.so.6 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 libssl.so.6
*I have been told that the install documentation that comes with Maya has typos, I haven't looked at it but I know these lines work...Code:ln –s /usr/lib64/libssl.so.8 libssl.so.6 ln –s /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.8 libcrypto.so.6
***If the above license setup technique does not work try this:
Open up another terminal to launch the GUI license importer. Input:
Enter your license information.Code:sudo /opt/Autodesk/Adlm/R1/bin/LTU 657C1 2011.0.0.F -d “SA”
Launch Maya with the maya command!
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