Installing Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate (Maya) 2014 for OSX from command line

After battling this for about a week I think I’ve got it figured out. You can install all the required packages and get everything to talk to your license server from command line. BTW, before I start, you need to have a functional license server otherwise you can stop reading now. I’m gonna use licserver.com as the domain name of mine, so substitute your DNS name where necessary. Before we start you need to figure out your product codes from the table at the following address:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21481916&linkID=12305695

My products are Maya (657F1), Mudbox (498F1) and my Suite number for ECSU is 793F1. You’ll need these later. Also my base directory (current directory) in these commands is “MacOSX”, there are separate folders for the individual ECSU apps under this folder. First we install Maya:

installer -verbose -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Maya2014.mpkg -target /

Then we create a file named Maya2014.lic in folder /private/var/flexlm and put the following text inside it:

SERVER licserver.com 0 
USE_SERVER

Make sure this file has at least read permission for group and others (mine is 744). Then we create another file named License.env in folder /Applications/Autodesk/maya2014/ and put the following text inside it:

MAYA_LICENSE=unlimited 
MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=network

Install the standalone adlmgr package (you’ll get errors later if you don’t do this):

installer -pkg ./MacOSX/Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/AdLM_standalone.mpkg -target /

Now comes the fun part of enrolling the serial number into the license manager. Remember the Product code and the Suite code I had you look up earlier, we need them now. In the following command line -i inserts, “N” is for network license type, First Code is the Product code (Maya) and the second code is the Suite code (ECSU in my case). The following command should get the license added (use the proper serial# starting with 379):

adlmreg -i N 657F1 793F1 2014.0.0.F 379-XXXXXXXX /Library/Application\ Support/Autodesk/Adlm/PIT/2014/MayaConfig.pit

If you screw up you can remove the license via this command:

adlmreg -u N 657F1

Next step is optional. When Maya starts it displays a bunch of intro screens. Since my deployment is run by a KACE appliance I need to be able to Pre-disable these popup screens. The following command will let you do that:

/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.autodesk.MC3Framework MC3Enabled -int 0

Next we need to install all the Optional installs Maya comes with. Some of it is probably already installed by the Maya installer, but I installed them again for good measure. No harm done. Use the following 11 installer commands to install them:

installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/ADC_docs8.0.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/AutodeskBackburner2014.mpkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/AutodeskDirectConnect8.0.pkg/ -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/Composite2014.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/MatchMover2014.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/Maya_quicktime_components.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/autodesk.backburner.monitor-2014.0_439_i386.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/autodesk.dlcommon.libraries_2014.2-2043.i386.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/autodesk.webentry-1.0-603.i386.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/backburner-2014.0_1635_i386.pkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./Maya/Install\ Maya\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Maya/Additional\ Items/mentalrayForMaya2014.0.pkg -target /

Now check to make sure Maya is working and all the other extra little apps we installed are functional. They should be. If not stop and review. Assuming it’s all working, lets move on and install Mudbox and the last few optional installs. First we need to install Mudbox:

installer -verboseR -pkg ./Mudbox/Install\ Mudbox\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Mudbox/Mudbox2014.mpkg/ -target /

Then we need to create the License.env file in /Applications/Autodesk/Mudbox2014/ folder with the following content:

MUDBOX_LICENSE=unlimited 
MUDBOX_LICENSE_METHOD=network

Now comes the fun part of enrolling the serial number into the license manager. Remember the Product code and the Suite code I had you look up earlier, we need them now. In the following command line -i inserts, “N” is for network license type, First Code is the Product code (Mudbox) and the second code is the Suite code (ECSU in my case). The following command should get the license added (use the proper serial# starting with 379):

adlmreg -i N 498F1 793F1 2014.0.0.F 379-XXXXXXXX /Library/Application\ Support/Autodesk/Adlm/PIT/2014/MudboxConfig.pit

If you screw up you can remove the license via this command:

adlmreg -u N 498F1

Only two more install command left to go. These are optional packages that are part of ECSU. Use the following two installer commands to get them installed:

installer -verboseR -pkg ./mentalraySatellite/Install\ mentalraysatellite\ 3.11.1.app/Contents/Resources/mrsat/mrsat3.11.1.mpkg -target /
installer -verboseR -pkg ./SuiteExclusives/Install\ Suite\ Exclusives\ 2014.app/Contents/Resources/Turtle/MayaTurtlePlugIn2014.0.pkg/ -target /

Now you should be able to run Mudbox and pretty much all the other apps that are in Autodesk folder under Applications. Hopefully it all worked out for you. I will try to get a KACE workflow done for this in the next few days. If you’re a KACE user and end up making the workflow before I do, please share :-).