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title: "Getting Started with Maxon App on Linux"
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description: "Go to https://www.maxon.net/en/try and download the Linux version of Maxon App"
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# Getting Started with Maxon App on Linux

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# Getting Started with Maxon App on Linux

## Table Of Content

- Installation
- Licensing Workflows

## Installation

### Downloading the application

Go to [https://www.maxon.net/en/try](https://www.maxon.net/en/try) and download the Linux version of Maxon App

### Installing the application

Open a terminal window, and `cd` to your the directory where you downloaded the package. Then run

`sudo sh install_maxon_app_2.0.sh --target /opt/maxon`

The application will be installed like so:

`Creating directory /opt/maxonVerifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.Uncompressing 0.0.1 100%Executing postinstallation scriptcreate user for maxon app service if non-existentservice user foundsetup directoriessetting file & directory permissionsinstall and start the maxon app as a service`

### Verifying that the service has started

`systemctl status maxon_app.service`

If the service is running you'll see something like this:

`● maxon_app.service - Maxon App Service     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/maxon_app.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)     Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-09-01 15:05:20 CEST; 11min ago Main PID: 992 (start_srv.sh)      Tasks: 16 (limit: 48088)      Memory: 15.9M      CGroup: /system.slice/maxon_app.service              â”œâ”€992 /bin/bash /opt/maxon/maxon_app/bin/start_srv.sh              â””─993 /opt/maxon/maxon_app/bin/maxon_appd`

## Licensing Workfows

Licenses are managed with the `mx1` tool. In a default install the tool can be found in /opt/maxon/maxon_app/bin

### Verifying that the service is available

`mx1 service info`

If the service is running you should see something like the following

`Maxon Service ----------------------------- Version: 2.0.0 API: 2.0 Buildstamp: 0x05e4c547 Schema: 1.3.0 Class: production`

If the service is not running then you'll see this instead:

`Error: Request failed. Service might be unavailable.`

In this case ensure that the service has started by running

`systemctl start maxon_app.service`

### Logging in and out of your account

To log in you'll need the email address and password used to access your Maxon account

`mx1 user login -u your_email@domain.comEnter password: your_password`

To logout run

`mx1 user logout`

### Listing your licenses

To see your licenses, run:

`mx1 license list`

A list will generated that contains all account licenses, their activation status and validity period.

`License Name                                              Description                      Activated          Expired          Validity Period --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- net.maxon.license.app.redshift~commercial                 Redshift                         yes                 no              2021-08-10 - 2022-01-01 net.maxon.license.service.cineversity                     Cineversity                      yes                 no              2021-08-10 - 2022-01-01 net.maxon.license.app.bundle_maxonone~trial               Maxon One Trial                  yes                 no              2021-08-20 - 2021-09-02 net.maxon.license.app.bundle_c4d_rs-release~commercial    Cinema 4D (Redshift Bundle)      no                  no              2021-08-10 - 2022-01-01 net.maxon.license.app.teamrender-release~commercial       TeamRender Commercial            no                  no              2021-08-10 - 2022-01-01 net.maxon.license.app.cinema4d-release~commandline        C4D Commandline                  no                  no              2020-04-03 - 2099-12-31`

### Activating and Deactivating specific licenses

To active a license run `mx1 license activate <license_identifier>` For example:

`mx1 license activate net.maxon.license.app.bundle_maxonone~trial Successfully activated a license for 'net.maxon.license.app.bundle_maxonone~trial`

Similarly to deactivate a license use the `deactivate` command. For example:

`mx1 license deactivate net.maxon.license.app.bundle_maxonone~trial Successfully deactivated 'net.maxon.license.app.bundle_maxonone~trial'`

### Starting a trial

Trial licenses are started with a special command `mx1 license trial start`

### Listing your products

Your available products can be listed with the `mx1 product list` command. For example

`Product              Version      Installed    Owned     Licensing      Identifier-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cinema 4D            23.000       no           yes       deactivated    net.maxon.cinema4dMagic Bullet Suite   14.0.0       no           no        trial          com.redgiant.magicbulletRedshift             3.0.0        no           no        trial          com.redshift3d.redshift`