{"id":122,"date":"2009-07-29T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gistlabs.net\/weblogs\/?p=122"},"modified":"2012-10-22T22:31:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T18:31:06","slug":"installing-maya-2009-64-bit-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gistlabs.net\/weblogs\/installing-maya-2009-64-bit-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Maya 2009 64-bit on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is for Ubuntu 8.10, but other distro\u0092s should not differ much.You should use openmotif as a package or install it from source, because it gives a nicer UI.
\nSource : http:\/\/baltazaar.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/19\/installing-maya-2009-64-bit-on-linux\/<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Maya Ubuntu install<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many out there has had some issues regarding installing Maya on Ubuntu Linux
\nThis guide is used on Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64 and installing Maya 2009 (also in x86_64)<\/p>\n

First of all, Maya uses some libraries, that you must install before installing the program itself.
\nThe Motif GUI Maya uses is an old GUI type, dating many years back.
\nThe static libraries are installed and can be linked directly from \/usr\/autodesk\/_maya_version\/libs to \/usr\/lib64 and \/usr\/lib. This is the libXm.so3 file.<\/p>\n

If you don\u0092t want to compile and install openmotif from source, install the runtime files from Multiverse, called libmotif3.<\/p>\n

Also Maya uses FAM for keeping track on file changes, so you need to install FAM or GAMIN (newer alternative with same\/better functionality in Maya) install both the runtime and development libraries of gamin found in the core repository, called gamin, and libgamin-dev.<\/p>\n

Maya will try to write files to \/usr\/temp, so make sure to create the directory and give it write permissions:
\nsudo mkdir \/usr\/tmp
\nsudo chmod a+rwx \/usr\/tmp\/<\/p>\n

Now, you need to convert the .rpm packages to .deb.
\nThe installer scripts in Maya requires csh, so you need to install that and the alien package.<\/p>\n

If you have the install files on a DVD, copy the Linux-64 directory to a place you have write access, like ~\/MayaInstall (make that directory)
\ncp -R \/media\/Maya2009\/Maya\/Linux-64 ~\/MayaInstall<\/p>\n

I like to give access to the files in this directory and change the ownership:
\nsudo chown -R _username_ ~\/MayaInstall\/
\nsudo chmod -R +rwx ~\/MayaInstall\/<\/p>\n

apt-get install csh alien<\/p>\n

cd to the directory where you copied the .install files to (the .rpms)
\nType the following in a single line:<\/p>\n

for i in *.rpm; do sudo alien -cv $i; done<\/p>\n

(the command will take a while to complete!)<\/p>\n

Now install the .deb packages with dpkg:<\/p>\n

sudo dpkg -i maya2009-0-64_2009.0-102_amd64.deb
\nsudo dpkg -i maya2009-0-64-docs-en-us_2009.0-64_amd64.deb<\/p>\n

Start the program from a shell, to verify any errors, just open a terminal and type maya.
\nThe license installer will launch and guide you through the licensing process.<\/p>\n

My output looks like this:
\nStarting license manager:<\/p>\n

cody@zenmachine:~$ maya
\ncody@zenmachine:~$ @@@@@@@@ opening log
\n(enter to get the prompt back, now try executing maya again)<\/p>\n

cody@zenmachine:~$ maya
\nmental ray for Maya 10.0
\nmental ray: version 3.7.1.26, Jul 30 2008, revision 26576<\/p>\n

So, everything works fine. Read on for additional tips\u0092N’tricks:<\/p>\n

Gnome modifications:<\/p>\n

For Maya to work properly with Gnome, some modifications should
\nbe made to the mouse control. The default bindings of the Alt key and mouse
\nbuttons do not work well with Maya. Turn off the
\nAlt+mouse buttons. Since Maya uses the Alt+mouse buttons for scene view
\ntumbling, you need to ensure the bindings don\u0092t conflict.
\nDifferent versions of Gnome may have different methods of selecting
\nthe key bindings. See the Gnome documentation for instructions if
\nthe following steps don\u0092t work for your particular window manager.<\/p>\n

Select Applications, then Preferences and then select Windows.
\nIn the Window Preferences dialog box, set the \u0093To move a window\u0085\u0094
\nkey to Super.<\/p>\n

Modifications and problem solving:<\/p>\n

XCursor problem (pointer is a cross)
\nadd the line:
\nMAYA_MMSET_DEFAULT_XCURSOR=1
\nin the \/home\/[your name]\/maya\/2009-x64\/Maya.env file<\/p>\n

Fonts, font sizes, and colors can be configured using the MayaScheme file.
\nThis file lets you specify X Resources that Maya uses for configurable text. The default file is found in:<\/p>\n

\/usr\/autodesk\/maya2009-x64\/app-defaults\/MayaScheme.<\/p>\n

Edit this file as root (sudo) and change to the preffered fonts and colors.
\n(make a copy of the original file first, if things turn out messy).<\/p>\n

Example of my modified MayaScheme file:
\n\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0097\u0096MAYA BG COLOR AND FONT PROPERTIES:
\nsudo gedit \/usr\/autodesk\/maya2009-x64\/app-defaults\/MayaScheme<\/p>\n

*extraLargeBoldLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*largeBoldLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*boldLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*smallBoldLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*tinyBoldLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*plainLabelFont: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*smallPlainLabelFont: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*obliqueLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-o-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*smallObliqueLabelFont: -*-helvetica-bold-o-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*fixedWidthFont: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal\u009611-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
\n*smallFixedWidthFont: -*-clean-medium-r-normal\u009610-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
\n*basicBackground: #d9d9d9
\nMaya*Background: #d9d9d9
\n*textForeground: #000000
\n*textFieldBackground: #eeeeee
\n*readOnlyBackground: #bdbdbd
\n*buttonBackground: #bdbdbd
\n*scrollBarTroughColor: #bdbdbd
\n*scrollBarControlBackground: #bdbdbd
\n*indicatorBackground: #cbcbcb
\n*radioColor: #0000ff
\n*checkColor: #ff0000
\n*blueSelectBackgroundColor1: #3884c4
\n*blueSelectBackgroundColor2: #81a7c1
\n*drawingAreaBackground: #90abb1
\n*drawingAreaContrastColor1: #b86b6b
\n*drawingAreaContrastColor2: #7894bf
\n*drawingAreaContrastColor3: #7ba988
\n*drawingAreaContrastColor4: #ab7ec8
\n*scrolledListBackground: #bdbdbd
\n*textBackground: #b5b5b5
\n*highlightColor1: #ff0000
\n*highlightColor2: #0000ff
\n*highlightColor3: #00ff00
\n*highlightColor4: #a01ef0
\n*highlightColor5: #ffa500
\n*highlightColor6: #00ffff
\n*highlightColor7: #ff00ff
\n*HighlightColor8: #ffff00
\n*wMBackground: #aaaaaa
\n*wMForeground: #000000
\n*wMActiveBackground: #c6c1aa
\n*wMActiveForeground: #000000
\n*textSelectedBackground: #e6e6e6
\n*textSelectedForeground: #000000
\n*indicatorLightColor: #ffff00
\n*selectFillColor: #ffff00
\n*redColor: #ff0000
\n*orangeColor: #ff7e00
\n*yellowColor: #ffff00
\n*greenColor: #4fe44f
\n*blueColor: #0000ff
\n*brownColor: #743f3f
\n*purpleColor: #ae00ff
\n*errorColor: #ff0000
\n*warningColor: #0000ff
\n*informationColor: #00ff00
\n*alternateBackground1: #c1adad
\n*alternateBackground2: #a7b7a7
\n*alternateBackground3: #bbbbcd
\n*alternateBackground4: #9fbfbf
\n*alternateBackground5: #87aaca
\n*alternateBackground6: #d1d1c9
\n*disabledTextForeground: #aaaaaa
\n*layerAdjustmentTextForeground: #e56929
\n*lightRadioFillColor: #9e9edc
\n*disabledCheckColor: #dc9e9e<\/p>\n

Maya plug-ins and standalone apps:<\/p>\n

To compile plug-ins and standalone applications for Maya 2009 on Linux,
\nuse the released gcc 4.1.2 compiler. Maya has been compiled with this compiler
\nunder RHEL 4 WS. As well, some libraries and symbolic links are installed in
\nthe \/lib directory under your Maya directory, and should not interfere with
\nthe normal operation of your Linux system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is for Ubuntu 8.10, but other distro\u0092s should not differ much.You should use openmotif as a package or install it from source, because it gives a nicer UI. Source : http:\/\/baltazaar.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/19\/installing-maya-2009-64-bit-on-linux\/<\/p>

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