[l1407]

do you have a any step by step instruction for Maxwell render to install on ubuntu?

I only want set it to render node mode, thank you!

[Mihai]

You just need to install Maxwell as usual, following the instructions here:

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/ma ... stallation

[l1407]

You just need to install Maxwell as usual, following the instructions here:

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/ma ... stallation

I got the node icon on 2.7.1 version, thank you!

[greengreen]

I'm new to Linux. I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64) on my new machine.

I downloaded the Linux 64 installer, but when I double click on it the pop-up says "Could not display "Maxwell_3.0.1.0". There is no application installed for "executable" files..."

Do I have to install Wine https://www.winehq.org/ in order to run maxwell?

Should I run it on Ubuntu 12.04.2 like this page says? http://support.nextlimit.com/display/mx ... quirements?

[greengreen]

I downloaded the .tar file instead, this seems to be the right one. I am still unsure of how to install it though, it seems to unzip the files, but not install them.

Please drop some knowledge on how to do this, i will be so thankful!

[greengreen]

I tried following the instructions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt44bAP2rMg

This describes installing a program called alien which creates a .deb

I did this successfully, but when starting the Maxwell install a pop-up says "the package is of bad quality...the installation of a package which violates the quality standards isn't allowed. This could cause serious problems on your computer. Please contact the person..."

I'm running out of ideas, I hope somebody out there can help

[Miguel]

Hi greengreen,

the maxwell installer, a.k.a Maxwell_3.0.1.0, is an executable file. Therefore, to double-click it and run, it must have execute permissions for the current user. Try right-clicking on it and assigning execute permissions for user, group and other. I don't know the exact details on how this is done in the window manager of Ubuntu (i use Fedora), but it should be straightforward.

Regarding the .tar.gz file, it creates a folder called maxwell64-3.0 with all the maxwell files inside. The only thing left to do (this is done by the installer) is to create a couple of environment variables in your $HOME/.bash_profile called MAXWELL3_ROOT and MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE

MAXWELL3_ROOT points to the folder where maxwell is installed, so for example, if the .tar.gz was untarred in /opt/local, MAXWELL3_ROOT would be /opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/ (note the final slash)
Following with this example, MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE would be /opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/materials database/mxm files/

If you use bash, add these two lines in $HOME/.bash_profile:

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export MAXWELL3_ROOT=/opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/
export MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE="/opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/materials database/mxm files/"

If, instead of using bash you use csh, edit $HOME/.cshrc and add these two lines:

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setenv MAXWELL3_ROOT /opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/
setenv MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE "/opt/local/maxwell64-3.0/materials database/mxm files/"

Hope this helps.
Miguel.

[greengreen]

thank you!

bash sounds too advanced for me, but I was able to run the executable file by changing permissions after right clicking.