Install Autodesk Maya 2016 with mentalray on Debian Jessie

AutodeskMaya_2016SP6_DebianJessie.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Get a student License from: http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/maya
#Log in and select maya 2016, your language and an OS.

#Check if license present, if not, exit
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo Usage: ./AutodeskMaya_2016SP6_DebianJessie.sh LICENSE
  echo
  echo LICENSE = Autodesk Maya License
  exit
fi 

#Download Maya if not present
if [ ! -f Autodesk_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz ]; then
  wget http://download.autodesk.com/us/support/files/maya_2016_service_pack_6/Autodesk_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz
fi

#Create setup folder and extract Maya
mkdir maya2016_setup
mv Autodesk_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz maya2016_setup/
cd maya2016_setup
tar xvf Autodesk_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz

#Edit some variables for Maya to install
export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/maya2016_setup:/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/R11/lib64/:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LIBCRYPTO=\"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0\"" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LIBSSL=\"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0\"" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

#Install necessary dependencies
sudo apt-get install -y gcc libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev libjpeg62 alien csh tcsh libaudiofile-dev libglw1-mesa elfutils libglw1-mesa-dev mesa-utils xfstt ttf-liberation xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi ttf-mscorefonts-installer libfam0 libfam-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libxp6 libcurl3

#Convert rpms to debs and install them
fakeroot alien -c adlmapps11-11.0.15-0.x86_64.rpm
fakeroot alien -c adlmflexnetclient-11.0.15-0.x86_64.rpm
fakeroot alien -c adlmflexnetserver-11.0.15-0.x86_64.rpm
fakeroot alien -c Maya2016_64-2016.0-2775.x86_64.rpm
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

#Create folder maya uses and set some fonts
sudo mkdir /usr/tmp
sudo chmod 777 /usr/tmp
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/

#Licensing stuff
sudo echo -e 'MAYA_LICENSE=unlimited\nMAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=standalone' > /usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/License.env
sudo /usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/adlmreg -i S 657H1 657H1 2016.0.0.F $1 /var/opt/Autodesk/Adlm/Maya2016/MayaConfig.pit
sudo sh -c "echo 'setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8' >> /usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/maya2016"
/usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/licensechooser /usr/autodesk/maya2016/ standalone 657H1 maya
export MAYA_LOCATION=/usr/autodesk/maya2016/

#Make sure the setup program doesn't use the real rpm
sudo mv /usr/bin/rpm /usr/bin/rpm.bak
sudo cp /bin/true /usr/bin/rpm
sudo ./setup
sudo mv /usr/bin/rpm.bak /usr/bin/rpm

#Fix a couple of issues
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier "<Super>"
sudo sed -n '/LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR/ i setenv LD_PRELOAD /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62' /usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/maya
sudo sed -i '/Exec/c\Exec=xterm -e maya' /usr/autodesk/maya2016/desktop/Autodesk-Maya.desktop
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/Autodesk-Maya2016.desktop
sudo cp /usr/autodesk/maya2016/desktop/Autodesk-Maya.desktop /usr/share/applications/Autodesk-Maya2016.desktop
sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5.2.0 /opt/Autodesk/Adlm/R11/lib64/libtiff.so.3

#Run maya for the first time
maya

#Remove setup folder
mv Autodesk_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz ..
cd ..
rm -rf maya2016_setup

#Download Mentalray if not present
if [ ! -f mentalray_Plugin_for_Maya_2016_EN_Linux.tgz ]; then
  wget https://knowledge.autodesk.com/sites/default/files/file_downloads/mentalray_Plugin_for_Maya_2016_EN_Linux.tgz
fi

#Create setup folder
mkdir mentalray_setup
mv mentalray_Plugin_for_Maya_2016_EN_Linux.tgz mentalray_setup/
cd mentalray_setup
tar xf mentalray_Plugin_for_Maya_2016_EN_Linux.tgz

#Convert rpm into deb
fakeroot alien -c mentalrayForMaya2016_0-2016.0-2775.x86_64.rpm

#Install deb
sudo dpkg -i mentalrayformaya2016-0_2016.0-2776_amd64.deb

#Make sure the setup program doesn't use the real rpm
sudo mv /usr/bin/rpm /usr/bin/rpm.bak
sudo cp /bin/true /usr/bin/rpm
sudo ./setup
sudo mv /usr/bin/rpm.bak /usr/bin/rpm

#Making sure Mentalray will run#
sudo sed -i '/MENTALRAY_LOCATION/c\MENTALRAY_LOCATION:=/usr/autodesk/mentalrayForMaya2016\' /usr/autodesk/modules/maya/2016/mentalray.mod

#Remove setup folder
mv mentalray_Plugin_for_Maya_2016_SP6_EN_Linux_64bit.tgz ../
cd ..
rm -rf mentalray_setup

echo "Maya is now ready to use!"
echo "You can delete the maya2016_setup folder but not the \"Adlm\", \"maya\" and \"xgen\" folders"

Wonderful! Really streamlines the process for non redhat distros.