Special instructions for deploying Maya after installing another Autodesk product

If you have previously installed a 2021 version of an Autodesk product, your deployment on macOS or Linux may fail in the silent install step at the end of Basic Maya network deployment.

You will need to use the following alternate installation steps to ensure successful deployment.

Alternate Linux installation steps

On Linux you can extract the installer and run it manually.

First extract the Maya package and modify the deployment_maya.xml file as described in Basic Maya network deployment.

Then extract the installer. In this example, the installer is extracted to the extracted_installer directory:

sudo <path_to_install_pkg>/install/ODIS/AdODIS-installer.run --mode unattended --prefix <path_to_install_pkg>/install/extracted_installer/ --xmlFilePath <path_to_install_pkg>/install/extracted_installer/

Finally, use the extracted installer to deploy Maya:

sudo <path_to_install_pkg>/install/extracted_installer/Installer -i deploy -m <path_to_install_pkg>/install/setup.xml -x <path_to_install_pkg>/install/extracted_installer/SetupRes/manifest.xsd -o <path_to_install_pkg>/install/manifest/deployment_maya.xml 

Alternate macOS installation steps

On macOS you will need to uninstall the installer that was packaged with the other Autodesk product before running the Maya silent installer.

First extract the Maya package and modify the deployment_maya.xml file as described in Basic Maya network deployment.

After you have modified deployment_maya.xml, uninstall the previously-installed installer:
sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Autodesk/AdODIS/V1/RemoveODIS.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --mode unattended
Note: /Library/Application\ Support/Autodesk/AdODIS/V1/RemoveODIS.app/Contents/MacOS/ is the full path to the installbuilder.sh command.
Then complete the deployment by running the Setup command using its full path:
sudo <path_to_install_pkg>/Contents/Helper/Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup -i deploy --silent -o ../Helper/manifest/deployment_maya.xml