[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Toon Boom Harmony Exec=/usr/local/ToonBoomAnimation/harmony_premium/usr/bin/HarmonyPremium Icon=/usr/local/ToonBoomAnimation/harmony_premium/tba/resources/icons/harmony_premium.png Terminal=false Categories=Graphics;2DGraphics;Animation; Use code with caution. Troubleshooting Common Linux Issues
Access the Toon Boom website and download the .tar.gz or .rpm package for Linux. You will typically find these in the "Downloads" section of your account. 2. Extract the Files Open your terminal and navigate to your downloads folder.
Harmony relies heavily on OpenGL hardware acceleration. Ensure you are using the official NVIDIA proprietary drivers rather than the open-source Nouveau driver.
Create symbolic links to the binaries to make them accessible via the command line:
CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are officially supported. Other distributions (like Ubuntu) may work but are not officially supported or guaranteed. Base Environment: GNOME Desktop environment is required.
Before starting the installation, ensure your system meets the requirements. Toon Boom officially supports specific enterprise-level Linux distributions.
Solution: This indicates an issue with your graphics driver. Ensure that your system is actively using the proprietary NVIDIA driver and not the open-source Nouveau driver or integrated Intel graphics.
To ensure the installation was successful, you can check that the Harmony binary folder is in your $PATH . Open a terminal window and run:
32 GB minimum (64 GB recommended for heavy production). Monitor: Dual monitors with 1920x1080 resolution or higher. Step 1: Preparing Your Linux Environment
* soft nofile 65536 * hard nofile 65536
Note that Harmony has limited native support for Wayland display servers. If pressure sensitivity fails, log out of your Linux session and log back in selecting or X11 from the login screen options. Summary Deployment Checklist Command/Task 1 Enable Repositories Turn on EPEL and PowerTools/CRB 2 Install proprietary NVIDIA drivers 3 Decompress the Harmony .tar.gz payload 4 Run sudo ./install script 5 Install CodeMeter and run License Wizard 6 Display Server Switch session to X11/Xorg for tablet support
Primarily RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux (due to their compatibility with RHEL) are optimized, though it can run on other distributions like Ubuntu/Debian with effort.