Installing Maya 2020 for Mac as a deployment silently via command line

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Oct 8, 2023

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Issue:

You would like to silently deploy Maya 2020 software using terminal command lines.

Solution:

Double click on the DMG file to mount it.
Copy Install Maya 2020.app from the mounted drive to a network share.
The deployment_maya.xml file will be located in Install Maya 2020.app/Contents/Helper/manifest. However, there cannot be any spaces in the path to deployment_maya.xml. Rename the directory to eliminate spaces.
- Important: When you copy the installation files to the network share, make sure that the path to the deployment_maya.xml file contains no spaces. If the path contains spaces, the deployment will fail.

Open deployment_maya.xml and modify the following sections:

<Eula><Status>
Set this to Accept

<Eula src="https://www.autodesk.com/eula">
     <Status>Accept</Status>
</Eula>

<LoggingSettings>
Set it to the name and location of the log file. The file must be accessible to the hosts on which Maya is being deployed. For example:

<LoggingSettings>
    <Logging>true</Logging>
    <Path>\\myserver\logfiles</Path>
    <Name>AutodeskMaya2020_deployment.log</Name>
</LoggingSettings>

<Applications><Application><Name>Maya</Name><LicenseSetting><Name>
Set it to the type of license your deployment will use. The types of licenses are MayaNetworkLicense, MayaRedundantNetworkLicense, MayaDistributedNetworkLicense, MayaUserLicense, and MayaStandaloneLicense. For example, if you are using a network license, set the name to MayaNetworkLicense:

<Applications>
    <Application>
        <Name>Maya</Name>
        <UPI2>{0A7D849C-C36E-4AA0-A559-68E93DC6BC6A}</UPI2>
        <Manifest>manifest/app.maya.xml</Manifest>
        <Core>true</Core>
        <Install>true</Install>
        <LicenseSetting>
            <Name>MayaNetworkLicense</Name>
             <SerialNumber>000-00000000</SerialNumber>
             <ProductKey>657L1</ProductKey>
             <ProductVersion>2020.0.0.F</ProductVersion>
             <ConfigFile>x64/Maya/MayaConfig.pit</ConfigFile>
        </LicenseSetting>
    </Application>

Note: If you are using a standalone license, you will need to provide a serial number in the <SerialNumber> field.

<Applications><Application><Name><Install>
You can choose to install MtoA, Bifrost, and Substance by setting <Install> to true in their respective sections:

<Applications>
   [...]
   <Application>
      <Name>MtoA</Name>
      <UPI2>{8E5AFC23-0DD5-4AC9-8839-D6E66C410EED}</UPI2>
      <Manifest>manifest/app.mtoa.xml</Manifest>
      <Core>false</Core>
      <Install>true</Install>
   </Application>  
   <Application>
      <Name>Bifrost</Name>
      <UPI2>{E6BE52E1-779B-4CD5-8B03-DF6033F7303E}</UPI2>
      <Manifest>manifest/app.bifrost.xml</Manifest>
      <Core>false</Core>
      <Install>true</Install>
   </Application>
   <Application>
      <Name>Substance</Name>
      <UPI2>{1884DD82-56E4-4513-A73F-29A38E8BDA4A}</UPI2>
      <Manifest>manifest/app.substance.xml</Manifest>
      <Core>false</Core>
      <Install>true</Install>
   </Application>
</Applications>

<LicenseSettings><LicenseSetting><Name>LICENSE_TYPE</Name>
Find the entry for the LICENSE_TYPE that corresponds to the type of license your deployment is using, and enter the information for that license type. For example, if you are using a network license, find the entry for <Name>MayaNetworkLicense</Name> and modify it as necessary:

<LicenseSettings>
    <LicenseSetting>
        <Name>MayaNetworkLicense</Name>
        <NetworkLicense>
            <Single>
                <Server>MyLicenseServer</Server>
            </Single>
        </NetworkLicense>
    </LicenseSetting>

Once you have modified the deployment_maya.xml file, install Maya using the silent installation option.
The Setup command is located in Contents/Helper/Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/ under the installation directory on the network share. Run the Setup command using its full path regardless of your current directory, for example:
- ```
sudo Contents/Helper/Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup -i deploy --silent -o ../Helper/manifest/deployment_maya.xml
```

Products:

AutoCAD; Maya;

Versions:

2020;

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