[Maya] Install Maya 2014 on Linux Mint 16

step 01

Download Autodesk Maya 2014 with SP2 From:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=22022955&linkID=9242259

step 02

Copy downloaded tar file (Autodesk_Maya_2014_SP2_English_Linux_64bit.tgz) in the folder you want to place it.
Here take /home/username/maya2014_setup for example

Go to terminal and tpye:
cd /home/username/maya2014_setup

step03

tar -zxvf Autodesk_Maya_2014_SP2_English_Linux_64bit.tgz

step04

for i in *.rpm; do sudo alien -cv $i; done

step05

sudo dpkg -i adlmapps7_7.0.51-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i adlmflexnetserver_7.0.51-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i adlmflexnetclient_7.0.51-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i maya2014-64_2014.0-825_amd64.deb

step06

create a temporary folder for Maya:

sudo mkdir /usr/tmp
sudo chmod 777 /usr/tmp

step07

sudo sh -c "echo ‘setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8′ >> /usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/bin/maya2014"

step08

/usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/bin/licensechooser /usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/ standalone 657F1 maya

Usage: /usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/bin/licensechooser {install location} {network|standalone} {product code} {product name}

step09

export a couple of variables
sudo -i
export MAYA_LOCATION=/usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/R7/lib64/

step10

pass the serial number and the product key to Maya

/usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/bin/adlmreg -i S 657F1 657F1 2014.0.0.F serial_number /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2014/MayaConfig.pit

step11

navigate to our Maya2012_setup folder

cd /home/Username/Maya2014_setup

step12

create a file named mayaInstall.c in Maya2014_setup
open it with your text editor and paste this line:

int main (void) {return 0;}

save and compile it with this command:

gcc mayainstall.c

now you should have a file called a.out.
Backup your /usr/bin/rpm with this command:

sudo mv /usr/bin/rpm /usr/bin/rpm_backup

and replace rpm with a.out:

sudo cp a.out /usr/bin/rpm

step13

type following command:

./setup

and follow the tips

step 14

sudo apt-get install csh libxp-dev libGLw libglw1-mesa gamin audiofile-tools e2fsprogs

step 15

ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl3.so /usr/lib/libssl.so.10
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.10

step 16 

Open /usr/autodesk/maya2014-x64/bin/maya2012 with a text editor and add the command

setenv LC_ALL C

after this line

setenv LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR “$MAYA_LOCATION/lib”

step 17 

go to terminal and type

maya






Reference:
http://rajivpandit.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/how-to-install-maya-2012-64bit-linux-mint-13-or-ubuntu/ 
http://docs.autodesk.com/INSTALL_LICENSE/2014/ENU/Autodesk%20Installation%20Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-F342CAB1-6319-4D0C-85B8-C0AF9B05B705.htm,topicNumber=d30e28854