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Installing RenderMan 24.1 and RenderMan for Maya on Ubuntu 18.04

• Download
  • confirm system and product requirement (e.g Maya, Houdini, Blender) at RenderMan Installing for Linux page
  • Download RenderMan at Try/Buy page
• Install on Ubuntu
  • install RenderMan installer in ~/Downloads

    sudo alien -i RenderMan-InstallerNCR-24.1.0_2180719-linuxRHEL7_gcc63icc190.x86_64.rpm
    

  • Run installer

    sudo /opt/pixar/RenderMan-Installer-ncr-24.1/bin/RenderManInstaller
    

  • Note: If you encountered same following error, please follow the solution (reference)

    /opt/pixar/RenderMan-Installer-ncr-24.1/bin/RenderManInstaller: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.50: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    

    • Visit libicu-50.2-4.el7_7.x86_64.rpm package page
    • Download the Binary Package with given URL
    • In ~/Downloads/, unpack the package with

      rpm2cpio libicu-50.2-4.el7_7.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
      

    • Copy the files into RenderMan installer folder

      sudo cp ~/Downloads/usr/lib64/* /opt/pixar/RenderMan-Installer-ncr-24.1/lib/3rdparty/Qt-5.12.6/lib/
      

    • Run installer again

        sudo /opt/pixar/RenderMan-Installer-ncr-24.1/bin/RenderManInstaller
      

  • Follow GUI installation
    • Select RenderMan Pro Server and RenderMan for xxx
  • Install RenderMan for Maya

    sudo alien -i RenderManForMaya-24.1_2180719-linuxRHEL7_gcc63icc190.x86_64.rpm
    

• Load RenderMan in Maya
  • Create Renderman for Maya module file
    • Name the file according to the version: RenderMan_for_Maya_24.1.module
    • In the module file, add this line ```
      • RenderMan_for_Maya 24.1 /opt/pixar/RenderManForMaya-24.1 ```
    • Save the module file in the path: ~/maya/modules/
    • Check all module finding paths: open Maya, In Script Editor > Add a New MEL Script > Execute the following:

        getenv MAYA_MODULE_PATH
      

  • Load RenderMan in Maya
    • Open Maya with /usr/autodesk/maya2020/bin/maya
    • Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Magaer, search for RenderMan_for_Maya.py in folder opt/pixar/RenderManForMaya-24.1/plug-ins
    • Turn on Loaded (and Auto load)
    • Delete shelf of old versions of RenderMan if needed

      References

• Installing for Linux, RenderMan 24 Docs, Pixar Animation Studios

• Installing of RenderMan for Maya, RenderMan 24 Docs, Pixar Animation Studios

• RenderMan 24 Installation Process on Linux for Houdini and Blender, by Alexander Weide, YouTube

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