AUTODESK MAYA 2018 INSTALL
Next, install the required multimedia, graphic libraries, and some fonts: sudo apt-get install -y libaudiofile-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libglw1-mesa libglw1-mesa-dev mesa-utils xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi ttf-mscorefonts-installer fonts-liberation csh tcsh libfam0 libfam-dev xfstt
That’s not all, you will also need to install the aforementioned Alien tool to convert the RPMs to DEBs sudo apt-get install -y alien elfutils Here’s what you want to install: sudo apt-get install -y libtbb-dev libtiff5-dev libssl-dev libpng12-dev libssl1.0.0 gcc libjpeg62 Luckily, after a lof of trial and error, I think I may have got a list of what is needed. Installing Dependenciesįigure out the missing dependencies is the most nightmarish part if you’re installing Maya for the first time, since Autodesk’s incompetent engineers couldn’t bake a proper dependency list into the installer.
Okay first thing first, grab the official Maya 2018.3 installer from Autodesk server: Įxtract it. But if you’re on Ubuntu or something, you should definitely upgrade to the latest one. I’m using a 1050 TI, so the latest stable Linux stable version is nvidia-390 (or 396 for the cutting edge), unfortunately the latest one that works with Deepin is only 387, so I’m still stuck with that.
AUTODESK MAYA 2018 DRIVER
Oh right, before we begin, make sure you have the latest driver for your graphic card. Intrigued yet? That’s right, Maya 2018.3 working perfectly under Deepin Linux (well, not perfectly, it’s still puking a bunch of errors out in the terminal everytime it launches, but it’s functional) I figure the screenshot below is why you are all here:
AUTODESK MAYA 2018 HOW TO
And to think Autodesk could’ve saved billions in salary expenses over the year just by hiring someone who knows how to do the job…but I digress.Įnough ranting, let’s go to the topic at hand. This little tool enabled something that the entire workforce under Autodesk couldn’t achieve for many decades: making Maya work on DEB-based distro (granted there’s still like a metric ton of dependencies errors that can and will drive you crazy if you have to figure them all out on your own, but that’s why we’re here right?). Luckily for them, a genius called Christoph Lameter came in and saved the day with Alien – a package converter which is capable of converting RPMs to DEBs. I reckon it’s either they couldn’t afford a capable engineer, or the guy who’s responsible for maintaining Linux installers is too old to learn new technologies (as an old guy working in the tech industry myself, I deeply sympathize).
And yet, for some reason, official Maya installer is still created with RPM in mind. But 20 years later, with the rise of Ubuntu and its DEB-based variants, the RPM distros now hold only a fraction of the market share. Maya is the only software in their lineup that is still currently being maintained for Linux, and even then it’s still using old packaging techniques from 20 years ago, made for RPM-based Linux distros (which made sense at the time since professional Linux distros are mostly RPM-based, Red Hat, CentOS, etc.). Unfortunately, for some reasons they still couldn’t hire a capable engineer who could create a half decent installer package for the Linux platform. Okay so this is pretty much a journal of how I managed to get Maya to run for the first time on one my my Linux boxes.Īs you may have know, Autodesk is one of the major names in the graphic and VFX industry, with their line-up of industry standard softwares like 3DS Max, Maya etc.
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