Installation Overview and FAQ
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Contents Chapter 1 Installing Autodesk Media & Entertainment Products . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepare for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select Install Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specify License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configure and Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activate Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create Deployment . . . . . . .
Installing a 32-bit Product on a 64-bit Operating System . . . . . . . . . 9 Install Maya on Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Install Maya on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Install Maya on Linux using the installation wizard . . . . . . . . 13 Install Maya on Linux using the rpm utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Additional Linux notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Uninstall Maya on Mac OS X or Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing Autodesk Media & Entertainment Products 1 Overview The following diagram shows the major parts of the installation process: Further details are provided in the following sections. Prepare for Installation Before starting to install, check the following details: ■ Confirm that your computer meets the minimum system requirements. If in doubt, click System Requirements at the bottom of the installer screen.
■ Ensure that your user name has Administrator permissions to install applications on the computer or network. ■ Obtain serial numbers and product keys for all products you want to install. These are on the product package or provided at the time you download the software. ■ Close all running applications. Select Install Type Here is some basic information to help you choose the right path. ■ Install is recommended for individual users or small groups.
For some Autodesk products, later in the install process you can select the language for installed products. For more information, see Change Product Language (page 5). Specify License The following notes provide a general overview. For more detailed information, see the Licensing Guide for your product. License Types You can install most Autodesk products for a trial period of 30 days to evaluate the product.
Configure and Install Installation Path This path specifies where the product folder will be installed. Configuration Most products have a number of configuration settings. On the Install > Configure Installation page, for any product you have selected to install, you see a triangular control for access to a configuration panel: Click anywhere in the product box to open the configuration panel.
Create Deployment Administrative Image This is a customized set of installation files created by the deployment process. It is used to install a consistent configuration of programs on each computer. Other settings: ■ Administrative image path. Specify a shared network location where you have Full Control permissions. Users will go to this path to install the programs. ■ Target platform. Select either 32-bit or 64-bit to match the operating system of the computers that will use the deployment.
If the language you want is not available from this control, and if you see the Add Language option on the menu, you can add a language pack. NOTE The Add Language Pack option is available only to subscription customers. For deployments, language packs can be included in an administrative image when you initially create a deployment, or when you create a new deployment configuration, but not when you modify a deployment.
What if I have lost my serial number or product key? Check your product packaging or purchase records, if available, or contact Autodesk Customer Service for assistance. Why do I need to activate a product after installation? Activation verifies for Autodesk and for you as a license holder that your Autodesk product is installed on an eligible computer. The activation process improves license security and management.
Where can I find product license information after installation? Select Help menu ➤ About, or About [Product Name]. If your product uses InfoCenter, that is where you can find the Help menu. After installation, how can I change product configuration, repair, or uninstall the product? 1 Go to the Windows control panel: ■ Windows XP: On the Start menu, click Settings ➤ Control Panel ➤ Add or Remove Programs.
Appendix: Installing Autodesk Maya 2 Installation Information Specific to Autodesk Maya 2012 Certain items are unique to the Autodesk® Maya® install process (in contrast with other Autodesk products). In this chapter, learn how to install the 32-bit version of Maya on a 64-bit machine, and how to install a local copy of the Maya Help. This chapter also includes information on installing and uninstalling Autodesk Maya for Mac OS X and Linux.
Install Maya on Mac OS X To install Maya on Mac OS X 1 Do one of the following to launch the installer: ■ If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD into your drive, then double-click the Maya DVD icon that appears on your desktop. Navigate to the Maya/MacOSX folder on the DVD drive. ■ If you are installing from a download package, double-click the Maya .dmg. 2 In the Finder window, double-click the Install Maya 2012 program. The Maya Installer starts.
administrator to find your license server name. If you have access to the license server machine, you can also find its name by opening a Terminal window (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and typing: hostname ■ Click Continue. 4 In the final window that confirms a successful installation, click Done.
By default, Maya is installed in the following directory: /Applications/Autodesk/Maya2012/. NOTE As indicated in the final installer screen, the Maya Help is Internet-based. When you press F1 or select Help > Maya Help, the Help launches from an Autodesk web server. If you do not have reliable Internet access, you can download a copy of the Help from www.autodesk.com/maya-helpdownload-enu. Install Maya on Linux This section provides detailed information on installing Maya on Linux.
Install Maya on Linux using the installation wizard To install Maya on Linux 1 Do one of the following to start the Maya install: ■ If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD into your drive. ■ If you are installing from a download package, extract the Maya packages from the compressed file. 2 Open a shell as a super user (using su -) and navigate to the directory where you extracted the packages. NOTE Recent Linux distributions may require a full super user environment to run the installer as root.
For example, in the License information window, do the following: ■ Enter your 11-digit serial number. ■ Enter your Product key. ■ Select your License type: Standalone or Network. If you select the Network license type, enter your license server name in the Server name field that appears. Contact your network administrator to find your license server name. ■ Click Continue. 5 In the final window that confirms a successful installation, click Done.
Install Maya on Linux using the rpm utility With the rpm command line utility, 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. To install Maya on Linux using the rpm utility 1 Open a shell as a super user (using su -). 2 Do one of the following: ■ Insert the Maya DVD into your drive and mount the DVD drive. For example, type: mount -r /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd.
Package name Description Required backburner_webmonitor.sw.base-2012#.i386.rpm Autodesk Backburner web monitor No autodesk.backburner.monitor-2012.0.0-#.i386.rpm Autodesk Backburner monitor No MatchMover2012_0_642012.0-#.x86_64.
TIP To easily check which OpenGL driver is installed, use the glxinfo program to list the top portion of the output, then look for the driver and renderer strings. For example: glxinfo | less 6 (Optional) For information on installing the Maya documentation package, see Install the Maya Help (page 24). By default, the Maya Help is Internet-based, so launching the Help within Maya calls an Autodesk web server to display the documentation.
/usr/autodesk/maya2012-x64/bin/adlmreg -i S 657D1 657D1 2012.0.0.F 000-00000000 /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2012/MayaConfig.pit This step updates the product information .pit file, which you can copy to other machines that have the same configuration if you are installing many instances of Maya. These commands return a Registration succeeded message, and you can now run Maya using your stand-alone or network license.
can use yum to find any additional system-dependent library packages and get the required runtime libraries. For example, to install some of the following dependent libraries, you can execute the following commands: ■ yum install mesa-libGLw ■ yum install libXp ■ yum install gamin audiofile audiofile-devel e2fsprogs-libs Dependent OpenGL libraries (vendor Nvidia/AMD supplied) ■ libGL.so from Nvidia/AMD 3rd party library ■ libGLw.so.1 from mesa-libGLw Dependent X Windows libraries ■ libXp.so.
■ librt.so.1 ■ libSM.so.6 ■ libICE.so.6 ■ libutil.so.1 ■ libssl.so.6 ■ libcrypto.so.6 IMPORTANT Note the following additional information on libssl.so.6 and libcrypto.so.6. libssl.so.x and libcrypto.so.x are versions of the OpenSSL library that ship with RHEL. The version number for the required system libraries depends on your Linux distribution. For example, Fedora 14 uses libcrypto.so.10 and libssl.so.10.
■ libgcc ■ libstdc++ ■ httpd To ensure that you install the required 32-bit version of these libraries, run the following commands to install: (Fedora 14) yum install elfutils-libelf.i586 glibc.i686 libstdc++.i586 httpd php (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.4) yum install elfutils-libelf.i386 glibc.i686 libstdc++.i386 httpd php Fonts Maya also uses some fonts that may not be installed by default.
from being received by Maya, such as the ones that let you tumble or pan a view in a panel. Different Linux window managers have different key bindings and different procedures for setting them. Linux systems are highly customizable, and many combinations of Linux system components are possible for use with Maya—more than can be described (or tested) by Autodesk. The following instructions give the procedures necessary for changing the most common configurations.
2 Do one of the following: ■ (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.4) Select Applications, then Preferences and then select Windows. ■ (Fedora 14) Select System, then Preferences and then select Windows. 3 In the Window Preferences dialog box, set the “To move a window...” key to Super. (Setting either Control or Alt here can cause problems when using Maya.) 4 Click Close.
/usr/autodesk/Maya2012-x64/bin/adlmreg -u N 2012.0.0.F 4 List the installed package names by entering: rpm -qa |egrep 'adlm|Maya' 5 Identify each package name you want to uninstall. For example, the Maya2012_# package (where # is the package number). 6 Uninstall each package using the following command: rpm -e PackageName Install the Maya Help By default, your installed version of Maya 2012 launches the Help from the Autodesk.com Web site.
By default, the Maya Help is installed in the following directory: ■ C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\docs\Maya2012\en_US on Windows 32-bit systems. ■ C:\Program Files(x86)\Autodesk\Maya2012\docs\Maya2012\en_US on Windows 64-bit systems. You can change the install location of the docs directory during the installation if necessary. 4 Start Maya. 5 In Maya, open the Help preferences window by selecting Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences. The Preferences window appears.
The Maya 2012 Help is now available from the Help, F1, and context sensitive help menus. Install Maya Help on Linux This section describes how to install a local version of the Maya Help on your system. You can also install the Maya Help on a shared location such as an internal network or web server. See Install the Maya Help on a shared location (page 26). 1 Extract the Maya Help package from the compressed files you downloaded.
NOTE On the Mac OS X systems, you can only install the Maya Help to the default directory. To use the Maya Help from a shared location, you must copy the docs directory to a shared location. Individual systems can then set their Help preferences so they access Help from this location. When choosing a shared location, ensure that the directory path to the Maya Help does the following: ■ Points directly to the Help location. For example, \\CompanyServer\SharedLocation\MayaHelp\docs\Maya2012\en_US.
Install MatchMover, Composite, Backburner, and DirectConnect The Maya installer gives you the option of installing Maya Composite, Autodesk® MatchMover™ camera tracker, Autodesk® Backburner™ network render queue manager, and Autodesk® DirectConnect. You do not need a separate license to install and run these applications. NOTE You must install Maya if you want to install and run MatchMover or Composite. You can install and run Backburner without Maya.
Install the Craft Animations plug-in Install the Craft Animations plug-in on Windows 1 Navigate to the 3rdParty folder of your Maya installation DVD or downloaded package. 2 Navigate to the CraftAnimations folder and double-click the craftdirectorstudio .exe file. This starts the Craft Animations plug-in installation.
Load the Craft Animations plug-in Before using the Craft Animations plug-in for the first time, you need to load the plug-In using the Plug-in Manager. To load Craft Animations Director Studio plug-in 1 Start Maya. 2 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. The Plug-in Manager opens. 3 Locate craftdirectorstudioadaptor_maya2012.mll and turn on Loaded. To load the plug-in automatically every time you start Maya, turn on Auto load. 4 Click Close.
3 Under Sub-Components, select PhysX. The PhysX for Maya plug-in will be installed during the Maya 2012 installation. Load the PhysX for Maya plug-in Before using the PhysX for Maya plug-in for the first time, you need to load the plug-In using the Plug-in Manager. To load PhysX for Maya plug-in 1 Start Maya. 2 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. The Plug-in Manager opens. 3 Locate physx.mll and turn on Loaded. To load PhysX automatically every time you start Maya, turn on Auto load.
3 Under Sub-Components, select DMM. The DMM plug-in for Maya is installed during the Maya 2012 installation. Install DMM plug-in on Mac OS X 1 Run the Maya installation wizard. 2 In the list of components to be installed, ensure that DMM is selected. The DMM plug-in for Maya is installed during the Maya 2012 installation. Install the DMM plug-in on Linux 1 Extract the Maya packages from the compressed file you downloaded.
features, you need to ensure that dmm_cinematic.mll and DmmPlugin.py are both loaded. To load the DMM plug-in 1 Start Maya. 2 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. The Plug-in Manager opens. 3 Locate dmm_cinematic.mll and DmmPlugin.py, and then turn on Loaded for each file. To load these files automatically every time you start Maya, turn on Auto load. 4 Click Close. In Maya, a DMM item is added to the shelf. Use these shelf items to access the plug-in.
The rendering process is typically initiated from the master machine (the machine running Maya or where the command-line render starts from). The slave machines (satellite rendering computers) process rendering tasks they receive over the network from the master and send back results. The master machine handles task distribution, load balancing, and the collection of received rendering tasks which make up the rendered image.
2 Follow the installation steps. During the installation, you can change the installation directory. The default installation directory is: /Applications/Autodesk/mrsat3.9.1-maya2012 (Linux) To install mental ray standalone with satellite licensing using rpm 1 Log in as root. 2 On each slave machine, begin the installation process by inserting the Maya DVD. 3 Mount the DVD drive, if necessary.
2 Navigate to the bin directory of the mental ray satellite standalone. By default this is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\mrsat3.9.1-maya2012\bin\. 3 Type the following: raysat2012server /query A message should be returned that the RaySat2012 Server service is running.
2 Open the file /etc/services using your preferred text editor. 3 Edit the line: mi-raysat2012 7412/tcp. 4 Save the file. 5 From the Finder menu, select Go > Applications and then double-click the Utilities folder. 6 Double-click the NetInfo Manager icon. 7 Under the Services directory of the NetInfo database, find and select the appropriate service (mental ray Satellite 3.9.1 for Maya 2012). 8 Click the lock icon at the bottom of the panel and then enter your administrator user name and password.
Licensing of satellite rendering For standalone licenses, the use of mental ray for Maya with satellite can only be initiated from the specified host for which your received your Maya key. The workstation can distribute mental ray for Maya rendering to up to eight slave CPUs. For networked licenses, use of the functionality is slightly more flexible.
Index A activation 4, 7 administrative image M 5 C change license type 7 Composite, MatchMover, Backburner, DirectConnect 28 configuration settings 4 Craft Animations plug-in 28 custom settings 4 33 N network license 2 O D operating system selection distributed license server 3 DMM plug-in for Maya 31 documentation links 1 InfoCenter 8 install Maya Help 24 installation log 5 installation process diagram PhysX for Maya plug-in port number changing 36 product settings 4 6 30 R 3 S L languages
silent mode 5 single license server 3 slave machine 34 stand-alone license 2 suite 7 system requirements 1 T tools and utilities 2 typical settings 4 U uninstall Maya 23 uninstall product 8 40 | Index
