Changes to the Installation

Flame Family products now use the common Autodesk installation platform.

While the process and the experience is similar to previous releases, the new installer comes with the following benefits:

On CentOS:

• The installer no longer creates a Flame-specific user. Just like on macOS, the product installs under any user profile, as long as that profile has administrative privileges.
• Your xorg.conf file is automatically preserved, no longer overwritten or updated without your permission.
• The Service Monitor now appears in CentOS Application menu.
• You no longer select a framestore in the installer but from the Create New Project window, at application startup or from the application menu.
• /user/discreet/ is deprecated.

On macOS

• The list of installed software is now sorted alphabetically in the Flame Uninstaller.
• You no longer select a framestore in the installer but from the Create New Project window, at application startup or from the application menu.
• /user/discreet/ is deprecated.

/usr/discreet No Longer Supported

/usr/discreet is no longer supported on new installations. Everything is now installed under /opt/Autodesk .

If you have a previous version of a Flame Family product already installed, and it was installed under /usr/discreet, you can still access it there: nothing is deleted. But everything new is installed under /opt/Autodesk .

Also, if /usr/discreet already exists from previous installations, there is no link created between it and /opt/Autodesk .

Autodesk Network License Manager

Flame Family 2022 uses of the Autodesk Network License Manager. Be sure to download and use the latest Autodesk Network Licensing Manager.

See the following links for more information:

• Downloading the Network License Manager
• How to Install the Network License Manager

For details about the license model in Flame Family products, see Products and licenses.

Installing on CentOS

On CentOS, only a user with administrative privileges can run the Flame Family products installer. To install a product, use one of the following methods:

• Install with a user account with administrative privileges.
• Install with the root account.
• Install with a user account without administrative privileges.

To install with an account with administrative privileges:

1. Log in a user account with administrative privileges.
2. Open a shell.
3. Navigate to the installation package.
4. To install Flame, enter:

   sudo ./INSTALL_FLAME

To install with the root account:

1. Log in the root account.
2. Open a shell.
3. Navigate to the installation package.
4. To install Flame, enter:

   ./INSTALL_FLAME

To install with an account without administrative privileges:

1. Log in the user account.
2. Open a shell.
3. Log in the root account:

   su -l root

4. Navigate to the installation package.
5. To install Flame, enter:

   ./INSTALL_FLAME

From a security standpoint, the last method is the safest as you do not have to access the root account.

Creating a User Account on Linux

On Linux, Flame Family products installer used to create a Flame Family-specific user account. While this special user account would be optimal for Flame Family products, it sometimes proved to problematic with other products.

Starting with version 2022, the Flame Family installer no longer creates a Flame Family user: you can safely use any user account on the workstation, knowing that the Flame Family product will perfectly run.

If you prefer having a dedicated user account to use you Flame Family products, you need to create it yourself. But there is no longer any advantage to doing so.

When you create a user account, give it administrative privileges if possible: this makes it easier to run the installer, and perform administrative tasks later.

Note: You can use procedures below to create a new account, or give an existing user administrative privileges. But in both cases, you need access to either an account that already has these heightened privileges, or access to the root account.

To create a user account with GNOME utility:

1. Access the GNOME Account Settings: Open the Activities overview and type Users.

   For details, see GNOME Add a new user account.

2. Give the user account administrative privileges.

   For details, see Change who has administrative privileges.

To create a user account from the command line:

1. From the root account, open a shell.
2. Create the user account. Enter:

   adduser <username>

3. Create a password for the new user. Enter:

   passwd <username>

   Follow the onscreen instructions.

4. Give the user administrative privileges:

   usermod -aG wheel <username>

With administrative privileges, you can run commands usually reserved to the root account.

If you need to execute a command with root privileges:

1. Temporarily elevate your permissions with:

   sudo <command>

   For example, to install Flame:

   sudo ./INSTALL_FLAME