Installing Maya on Linux

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If you need Maya to work seamlessly on Linux, you should use the distro recommended by Autodesk (e.g RHEL/Rocky for Maya 2026). However, it's possible to install Maya on other distros by applying various hacks which we discuss here.

Maya 2024 on Fedora 39

Install dependencies:

sudo dnf install libnsl
sudo dnf install libpng15
sudo dnf install libGLU
sudo dnf install mesa-libGLw
sudo dnf install libxcrypt-compat

Install CUDA (if using proprietary NVIDIA drivers):

sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

Run with:

maya --single-process

Disable splash screen, then run normally.

Maya 2023 on Ubuntu

See here.

Maya on ArchLinux

See AUR package here.

Fix issue with duplicated icons on the launch panel

Remove Maya icon from favorites.

Make a copy of Maya desktop file:

cp /usr/share/applications/Autodesk-Maya2024.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

Open local *.desktop file for edit and add the following line:

StartupWMClass=maya.bin

Reload, add Maya to favorites again.

Additional Maya components (informative section)

adskidentitymanager (Autodesk Identity Manager)

This handles user authentication and single sign-on (SSO). It manages your Autodesk account login, enabling secure sign-in to Autodesk products and cloud services (via browser-based OAuth). Introduced/emphasized more strongly with 2024+ versions. Required for named-user licensing and accessing cloud features/collaboration.

See the installed package contents here:

/opt/Autodesk/AdskIdentityManager

adsklicensing (Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service)

This is the main desktop licensing service (Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service). It manages named-user licensing (the modern subscription model), checks out licenses from Autodesk servers, validates your subscription, and enables the software to run. Installed with 2020+ products and runs as a background service.

See the installed package contents here:

/opt/Autodesk/AdskLicensing/

adskflexnetclient (FlexNet Client Components)

This is the client-side part of FlexNet (formerly FLEXlm) licensing technology. It communicates with license servers for network/multi-user licenses (when using a central license server via the Autodesk Network License Manager). Handles license checkout requests from client machines in a networked environment. Often appears alongside adsklicensing in installations that support both named-user and network licensing.

See the installed package contents here:

/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/FLEXnet/

adlmapps (Autodesk Licensing Apps)

This is a supporting licensing-related package, mostly visible on Linux installations. It contains utilities and files needed for the overall Autodesk licensing stack (often installed together with adsklicensing and adskflexnetclient on Linux via RPMs).

See the installed package contents here:

/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/

AdODIS (Autodesk On-Demand Installation Services)

Autodesk modern installer backend. Handles downloading components on-demand, silent/unattended installations, updates to installation-related services, repairs, and clean removals.

See the installed package contents here:

/usr/local/Autodesk/AdODIS

AdskCER (Autodesk Customer Error Reporting)

Autodesk crash reporting tool.