Install Mudbox 2023 on Rocky Linux 8.7 (Instructions) - Plus Maya 2023 Update 3

[JabbaTheNut]

I am offering these instructions for installing Mudbox 2023 on Rocky Linux 8.7, as well as Maya 2023 Update 3, to anyone that can benefit by them. The Autodesk guides for Mudbox are not sufficient to complete a successful installation of Mudbox on Rocky Linux 8.7. Consequently, I created the below instruction set to be a more complete installation reference. One should be able to follow the steps below and have a working installation of Mudbox, as well as Maya 2023 Update 3 (2023.3), on Rocky Linux 8.7 at the end. Please note that the instructions below are tailored specifically for Rocky Linux 8.7. Modifications may be required for other Linux distros. Further, note that the instructions are only tested on the package versions listed in the instructions. The Maya, Bifrost, Substance3DforMaya, MayaUSD and Pymel packages used below were contained in the Maya 2023 Update 3 Linux download from the Autodesk subscriptions download page.

The below instructions assume an initial, basic Rocky Linux 8.7 installation using the "Server with GUI" edition. The first section will provide a quick description of how I setup my initial Rocky installation. Following that section, you will find the complete instruction sets for the Mudbox and Maya installations.

NOTE: For each instruction, I have provided the associated Linux commands. You should be able to simply copy the commands and paste them into your Linux terminal.

########## ROCKY LINUX 8.7 BASE INSTALLATION ##########

1.  Install Rocky Linux 8.7 "Minimal" edition

2.  Execute the following commands to upgrade to the "Server with GUI" edition:

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI"
sudo systemctl set-default graphical
reboot

########## MUDBOX 2023 INSTALLATION ##########

1.  Update the basic installation

sudo dnf update

2.  Install the EPEL repository

sudo dnf install epel-release

3.  Enable PowerTools repository

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools

4.  Install nVidia drivers (if necessary)

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel8/x86_64/cuda-rhel8.repo
sudo dnf install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) kernel-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo dnf install nvidia-driver nvidia-settings
sudo dnf install cuda-driver
reboot

NOTE: Please reboot after installing the nVidia drivers.

5.  Install Python 3.9

sudo dnf install python39

6.  Install missing dependencies

sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core.x86_64
sudo dnf install libnsl.x86_64
sudo dnf install pcre-utf16.x86_64
sudo dnf install mesa-libGLU.x86_64
sudo dnf install mesa-libGLw.x86_64
sudo dnf install gamin.x86_64
sudo dnf install audiofile.x86_64
sudo dnf install audiofile-devel.x86_64
sudo dnf install libmng.x86_64
sudo dnf install flite.x86_64
sudo dnf install libpng15.x86_64
sudo dnf install libXScrnSaver.x86_64
sudo dnf install xcb-util-wm.x86_64
sudo dnf install xcb-util-image.x86_64
sudo dnf install xcb-util-keysyms.x86_64
sudo dnf install xcb-util-renderutil.x86_64
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi.noarch
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi.noarch
sudo dnf install liberation-sans-fonts.noarch
sudo dnf install liberation-serif-fonts.noarch
sudo dnf install compat-libtiff3.x86_64
sudo dnf install libcanberra-gtk2.x86_64

7.  Download and install the latest Autodesk Licensing Service packages (located here)

 NOTE: The order of installation is important (e.g., adlmapps depends on adskflexnetclient).

sudo dnf install adskflexnetclient-11.18.0-0.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install adlmapps28-28.0.11-0.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install adsklicensing13.0.0.8122-0-0.x86_64.rpm

8.  Verify licensing service status is "active (running)". If not, start it.

sudo systemctl status adsklicensing

9.  Install Mudbox 2023

sudo dnf install Mudbox2023_64-2023-23.x86_64.rpm

10.  Manually register Mudbox 2023 with the licensing service

sudo /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/Current/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper register -pk 498O1 -pv 2023.0.0.F -el EN_US -cf /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Mudbox2023/MudboxConfig.pit

11.  Verify that Mudbox was successfully registered.

Mudbox should appear in the list of products returned by:

/opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/Current/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper list

12.  Launch Mudbox 2023 and login!

/usr/autodesk/mudbox2023/mudbox.sh

########## MAYA 2023 Update 3 (2023.3) ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ##########

1.  Install Maya 2023 Update 3 (2023.3)

sudo dnf install Maya2023_64-2023.3-2072.x86_64.rpm

2.  Manually register Maya with the licensing service

sudo /opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/Current/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper register -pk 657O1 -pv 2023.0.0.F -el EN_US -cf /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2023/MayaConfig.pit

3.  Verify that Maya was successfully registered.

Maya should appear in the list of products returned by:

/opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/Current/helper/AdskLicensingInstHelper list

4.  If you require Bifrost, Substance3D for Maya, Maya USD or Pymel, install them using the rpms included with the Maya download.

sudo dnf install Bifrost2023-2.5.1.0-2.5.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install AdobeSubstance3DforMaya-2.3.1-2023-Linux.rpm
sudo dnf install MayaUSD2023-202211021008-b68700b-0.20.0-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install Pymel2023_64-2023.0-23.0.0.0.x86_64.rpm

5.  Download and install Arnold for Maya 2023 (found here)

NOTE: Be sure to make the .run file executable

sudo chmod +x MtoA-5.2.2.2-linux-2023.run
sudo ./MtoA-5.2.2.2-linux-2023.run

6.  Launch Maya 2023

/usr/autodesk/maya2023/bin/maya

Good Luck!

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