Install to headless Ubuntu server 9.10 x64 no GUI?

Deadline
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Hey Guys,
I have an Ubuntu Linux server that sits 99% idle and wanted to throw some renders on it. Can deadline be installed to a headless server without a GUI? I’ve searched the forum and seen that some use it headless, but they first install the desktop and then later disable it. Is it possible to install Deadline directly via SSH without having to do this?
Thanks

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We have installed Deadline only once in a single network location that all of our (rack) slaves use. The only thing that we found needed to be local was the home directory, as Deadline likes to create temporary job files as they get copied from the repository to the slave.

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I’m new to deadline, could you explain your setup in more depth? All I need is the launcher/slave to run on the server at boot, but when trying to run the client installer nothing happens… no errors, nothing. All my other machines run Windows, so I’ve never actually even done a deadline install on Linux to know what’s actually going on. Would it be possible to install the client to a virtual machine then copy the necessary files over to the headless server and manually fix any links?

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Which version of Deadline are you installing? Also, check the attributes of the client installer to make sure it is executable.

It should be possible to install to a virtual machine, and then just copy over the necessary files, but it would be nice to figure out why it’s failing in the first place.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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Ryan,
I’m trying to install 4.0 SP1 and I have checked that it is executable. Mono-complete 2.4.2.3 and libgdiplus 2.4.2 are installed. Any other ideas?

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I think another user ran into a similar problem in headless mode on Fedora 11 x64. They discovered that they needed the 32 bit version of glibc in order to run the installer. Maybe try installing that to see if it helps.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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Thanks Ryan, I’ll give that a shot this evening if I get a chance and report back.

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Worked perfectly!

… but now I’m moving to CentOS so that I can render with Softimage, sorry for your trouble, but hopefully it’ll help someone else. Thanks again!