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RenderMan for Houdini is installed using the RenderMan Installer, which manages the downloading, installation, and licensing of RenderMan Pro Server (the actual renderer) along with all bridge products.

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For Houdini 19.0 and beyond, RenderMan for Houdini can be installed with a packages file, found in the RfH installation director.

Copy the packages json file to one of the following locations for Houdini to find on startup. Advanced package instructions by SideFX are here.

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For Houdini 18.5, please see the manual installation below. 

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