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Installing Maya 2020 on Ubuntu

Comments: There are several (official) references talking about how to install Maya on Ubuntu, this is the one I use to follow in general

Reference link: Installing Maya 2020 on Ubuntu

Issue:

You need to install Maya 2020 on Ubuntu Linux, but the standard installation procedures for Linux do not work.

Solution:

The installation of Maya 2020 on Ubuntu is non-standard. You need to install additional packages, convert the Maya rpm to a Debian package, and install Maya from the generated Debian package.

• Get the packages required for converting the rpm package.

  sudo apt-get install alien dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential zlib1g-dev
  

• Get and install libXp6.

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeehio/libxp
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install libxp6
  

• Extract the contents of the Maya installation package and change directory to its install/Packages directory.

  Convert the rpm packages in the installation to deb packages. 	
  sudo alien -vc *.rpm
  

• Install packages for standalone licensing.

  sudo apt install lsb-core
  

• Install the licensing packages: adlmapps, adlmflexnetserveripv6, adlmflexnetclient, and adsklicensing. For example:

  sudo apt-get install ./adlmapps17_17.0.49-1_amd64.deb
  sudo apt-get install ./adlmflexnetserveripv6_17.0.50-1_amd64.deb
  sudo apt-get install ./adlmflexnetclient-17.0.49-1_amd64.deb
  sudo apt-get install ./adsklicensing9.2.1.2399_0-1_amd64.deb
  

• Verify that the licensing service is running.

  sudo systemctl status adsklicensing
  

• If the licensing service is not running:
  • Start it using this command:
  • /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensingService –run
  • Verify again that the service is running.
• If it is still not running, set up the licensing service manually:

  sudo getent group adsklic &>/dev/null || sudo groupadd adsklic
  sudo id -u adsklic &>/dev/null || sudo useradd -M -r -g adsklic adsklic -d / -s /usr/sbin/nologin  
  sudo ln -sf /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/9.2.1.2399/AdskLicensingService/AdskLicensingService /usr/bin/AdskLicensingService
  sudo mkdir /usr/lib/systemd/system
  sudo cp -f /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/9.2.1.2399/AdskLicensingService/adsklicensing.el7.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/adsklicensing.service
  sudo chmod 644 /usr/lib/systemd/system/adsklicensing.service
  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  sudo systemctl enable adsklicensing –quiet
  sudo systemctl start adsklicensing
  

• Install Maya.

  sudo apt-get install <Maya2020 deb package>
  

• Verify that Maya has been registered. Maya should appear in the list of products returned by:

  /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/<version_number>/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper list
  

• If it does not, manually register it using

  sudo /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/<version_number>/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper register -pk 657L1 -pv 2020.0.0.F -el EN_US -cf /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2020/MayaConfig.pit
  

• Then verify that it is in the list.

• Install additional required packages for running Maya.

  sudo apt-get install libfam0 libcurl4 libpcre16-3 libjpeg62 libxm4 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre16.so.3 /usr/autodesk/maya2020/lib/libpcre16.so.0
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1 /usr/autodesk/maya2020/lib/libssl.so.10
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 /usr/autodesk/maya2020/lib/libcrypto.so.10
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXp.so.6 /usr/autodesk/maya2020/lib/libXp.so.6
  xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi
  xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi
  xset fp rehash
  

• You need libpng15.so.15 to run Maya. Because libpng15.so.15 is no longer available as a package, you need to download its source code from Sourceforge and build it locally.

  cd ~/tmp
  wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/older-releases/1.5.15/libpng-1.5.15.tar.gz
  tar -zxvf ./libpng-1.5.15.tar.gz
  cd libpng-1.5.15
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/libpng
  make check
  sudo make install
  make check
  sudo ln -s /usr/local/libpng/lib/libpng15.so.15 /usr/autodesk/maya2020/lib/libpng15.so.15
  

• Create the /usr/tmp directory.

  sudo mkdir /usr/tmpa
  sudo chmod 777 /usr/tmp
  

• Set environment variables in the Maya.env file.

  • The Maya.env file is located in ~/maya/2020/Maya.env, You can create the file if it does not exist.

  • You will need to set MAYA_DISABLE_CIP and LC_ALL.

  • MAYA_DISABLE_CIP disables ADP, which can cause a hang on close, while LC_ALL ensures that Maya works with Ubuntu color correction.

  •   echo "MAYA_DISABLE_CIP=1" >> ~/maya/2020/Maya.env
      echo "LC_ALL=C" >> ~/maya/2020/Maya.env
    

• Start Maya.

  /usr/autodesk/maya2020/bin/maya
  

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