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The flavor string includes the common distribution, e.g. Sierra, the gcc/icc versions, and the microprocessor instruction set, e.g. i686. Putting them all together provides, for example, an OSX Yosemite package named RenderMan-Installer-23.0_1842953-osxYosemite_xcode6icc150.x86_64.dmg. 

The following additional requirements must be met:

• All: CPU capable of running the full SSE4 instruction set.
• Maya: Compatible with 2019, 2018.3+
• Katana: Compatible with 3.0, 3.1, & 3.2
• Houdini: Compatible with 17, 17.5, and 18.0 

GUI-based Installation

To install the software, simply double-click on the appropriate DMG file that was downloaded.

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