Tutorial | Desktop Client Installation (Linux)

Breaking news! Desktop client of Linux is released! Users of Linux can use the practical desktop client from now on.

With Linux desktop client, you can do batch submission and batch rendering with just one click! When errors accur, error messages will be filtered smartly with real-time push notification. The task can even be downloaded automatically when rendering is done.

=How To Download=

Way 1

Click Fox Renderfarm Desktop Client to download the client.

Way 2

Login task.foxrenderfarm.com, click the download buttom in the upper right corner.

=How To Install=

Note: Linux client needs to be installed in centos7 and above, supporting Houdini and Maya submission.

1.Open Terminal window

2.Install the client by entering the following command in the Terminal window

#Enter the linux download directory (note: root is the machine username)

cd /root/Downloads

#Download the installation package to the Downloads directory wget

"https://cdl.foxrenderfarm.com/client/desktop/qclient/web/foxrenderfarm5.0.tar.gz"

#Create foxrenderfarm5.0 directory

mkdir foxrenderfarm5.0

#Unzip gz to the foxrenderfarm5.0 directory

tar -xzvf foxrenderfarm5.0.tar.gz -C ./foxrenderfarm5.0

#Go to the foxrenderfarm5.0 directory

cd foxrenderfarm5.0

#Create a desktop icon

./setup.sh foxrenderfarm

Linux users, why not download and have a try!