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The following operating systems are supported for this release. RenderMan may operate outside of this requirement, but it may be unstable and is not supported:
- Apple OS X 10.912.x and higher
Pixar's RenderMan software is delivered as:
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The flavor string includes the common distribution, e.g. Yosemite, 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-2122.0_15909501842953-osxYosemite_xcode6icc150.x86_64.dmg.
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- All: CPU capable of running the full SSE4 instruction set.
- Maya: Compatible with 2017, 2016.5, 2016 & 20152018 & 2017
GUI-based Installation
To install the software, simply double-click on the appropriate DMG file that was downloaded.
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Downloads
Other types of files besides RenderMan, the License Server and the DCC plugins can be downloaded with the installer as well. These include the RenderMan Examples. These will be placed in the user who ran the RenderManInstaller Download directory.
Python
If you plan to take advantage of the Python binding you will need to download Python installer from www.python.org. RenderMan Pro Server 21 22 binding is compatible with 2.7, 3.4, or 3.5.
Help
If you require further assistance, please check out the RenderMan Support Forum. Note that registration is required.
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