Autodesk Maya Services & Support

Operating System Compatibility for Maya

Published date: 2009-Oct-22
ID: TS14051440

Applies to:
Autodesk® Maya® 2010
Autodesk® Maya® 2009
Autodesk® Maya® 2008
Autodesk® Maya® 8.5
Autodesk® Maya® Complete 2009
Autodesk® Maya® Complete 2008
Autodesk® Maya® Complete 8.5
Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited 2009
Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited 2008
Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited 8.5

Issue

What Operating Systems (OS) are supported for the different Maya releases.

Solution

The below table shows the supported Operating sytems and Operating Systems service packs for the most recent Maya releases.
The table is valid for the latest avalailable Maya service pack on any given major release.

ProductOS32 Bit OS64 Bit OS
Maya 2010Vista®

Business (SP1 or higher)

Business (SP1 or higher)

XP®

Professional (SP2 or higher)

Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
Apple®Mac OS® 10.5.7 or higher operating systemNot Available
Linux®Not Available

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5.3 WS

Fedora™ 8

Maya 2009Vista

Business (SP1 or higher)

Business (SP1 or higher)

XP

Professional (SP2 or higher)

Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
AppleMac OS X 10.5.7 or higher operating systemNot Available
Linux

Not Available

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS operating system (U6)

Fedora 8 operating system

Maya 2008VistaBusiness (SP1 or higher)

Business (SP1 or higher)

XP

Professional (SP2 or higher)

Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
Apple

Mac OS X 10.4.9 (PowerPC® and Intel® versions of Maya)

Not Available
Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS (U4)

openSuSE Linux 10.2

Fedora Core 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS (U4)

openSuSE Linux 10.2

Fedora Core 5

Maya 8.5XP

Professional (SP2 or higher)

Professional x64 Edition (SP1 or higher)
AppleMac OS X 10.4.8Not Available
Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS (U4)

openSuSE Linux 10.1

Fedora Core 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS (U4)

openSuSE Linux 10.1

Fedora Core 5


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