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Installing Maya (Linux)
 
 
 

This section describes how to install Maya for Linux. When the installation is complete, you must license Maya. You must install Maya licenses if you are:

For information on upgrading Maya, see Who should use this chapter Licensing Maya for details. If you have problems installing, see Troubleshooting

Installing Maya using GUI

This section describes how to install Maya for Linux using the GUI.

To install using GUI

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Insert the Maya DVD into your drive.
  3. Mount the DVD drive, if necessary.
  4. Type: ./setup

    The Maya 2009 Installer opens.

  5. In the License Agreement Window, click I Accept. The agreement requires your acceptance for the Maya software installation to continue. Click Next.
  6. In the Autodesk Product Configuration Window, select the components you want to install.

    Select whether you want to install Autodesk Maya 2009, the Autodesk Maya 2009 Documentation and the Autodesk License Tools (default). Click Next.

  7. In the Autodesk Product Configuration Window, click Done.

    Checkmarks icons display next to the completed installed products.

Installing Maya using the rpm utility

This section describes how to install Maya for Linux using the rpm command-line utility. With the rpm command you can use either the -i flag or the -ivh flag to install the programs. The -ivh flag provides you with more information during the installation.

NoteIf you have previously installed a version of Maya 2009 for Linux, uninstall that version before installing this newest version. See Uninstalling Maya.

To install using rpm

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Insert the Maya DVD into your drive.
  3. Mount the DVD drive. For example, type: 
    mount -r /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd
  4. Change to the directory where the Maya for Linux is installed. For example, type: 
    cd /mnt/dvd/Linux
  5. Use the ls command to list the packages on the DVD.
    Package Name (# is the package number) Description When required

    (64-bit) AWCommon-11.50-#.x86_64.rpm

    Licensing software

    Always

    (64-bit)AWCommon-server-11.50-#.x86_64.rpm

    Licensing Server software

    For serving networked licenses

    (64-bit) Maya2009_0_64-2009.0-#.x86_64.rpm

    Maya for Linux

    Always

    (64-bit)Maya2009_0_64-docs_en_US-2009.0-#.x86_64.rpm

    Maya 2009 documentation

    Optional
  6. To install the required base software, enter the following command:

    (64-bit) 

    rpm -ivh AWCommon-11.5-#.i686.rpm Maya2009_0_64-2009.0-#.x86_64.rpm

    where # refers to the specific package numbers.

    NoteIf you have a previously installed version of AWCommon and Maya for Linux, uninstall that version before installing this newest version. To verify what version you have, type:

    rpm -qa | egrep 'AWCommon|Maya'

    For more information, see Uninstalling Maya.

    Maya 2009 adds the required libXm.so.3 library to the Maya lib directory as part of its standard install, so installing the openMotif runtime rpm is not required.

  7. Verify that OpenGL is installed. Look for a file named libGL.so in the /usr/lib or /usr/X11R6/lib directory.
  8. To install the documentation package, type the following where # is the specific package number: 
    (64-bit) rpm -ivh Maya2009_0_64-docs_en_US-2009.0-#.x86_64.rpm
  9. You should see the software files installed in the following directory:

    (64-bit) /usr/autodesk/maya2009-x64

    Once the Maya software is successfully installed, unmount and eject the DVD and store it in a safe place. Proceed to the Licensing Maya chapter or, if you’re a new user licensing a single copy of Maya, see the Quick Start Licensing chapter.

    NoteIn order to use Maya, you may need to perform additional setup procedures. See the Additional Linux notes for additional information.

Installing Maya on file systems other than /usr

By default, Maya is installed in the /usr partition. If you want to install Maya on a different file system (due to lack of space), create a symbolic link from /usr/autodesk/maya2009-x64 to that file system.

For example, if you are installing 64-bit Maya 2009 on a file system called /freespace, type the following commands: 

su root
ln -s /freespace/autodesk/maya2009 /usr/autodesk
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