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The flavor string includes the common distribution, e.g. windows8, the gcc/icc versions, and the microprocessor instruction set, e.g. i686. Putting them all together provides, for example, an Windows 8 package named RenderMan-Installer-21.0-windows8_vc11icc150.x86_64.msi

The following additional requirements must be met:

• All: CPU capable of running the full SSE4 instruction set.
• Maya: Compatible with 2016.5, 2016 & 2015

GUI-based Installation

To install the software, simply double-click on the appropriate MSI file, and click through the various dialogues. The default values are appropriate in most cases.

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