Officially, Toon Boom only supports CentOS 7/8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) . Unofficially, with some tweaks, you can get it running on Ubuntu LTS, Debian, and Fedora.
sudo /opt/ToonBoom/Harmony_20/bin/startHarmonyServer.sh
chmod +x Harmony_*.run sudo ./Harmony_*.run --mode text If the GUI fails, use text mode. Follow the prompts. After installation, Harmony may crash with "Could not load Qt platform plugin 'xcb'". Create a wrapper script:
If you stick to (or Rocky Linux 8), you will enjoy a flawless, officially supported experience. If you prefer Ubuntu, be prepared to wrestle with library symlinks—but once working, Harmony runs surprisingly well.
# Check current driver lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" # Install Nvidia driver (Ubuntu example) sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall sudo reboot Solution: Install PulseAudio compatibility and restart the service:
# Enable 32-bit architecture (some libs still need it) sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt update sudo apt install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libxrender1 libxext6 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xfixes0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1 libx11-xcb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxcb-icccm4 Install legacy libpng12 (critical) Download the .deb from Ubuntu Trusty archive wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i libpng12-0_*.deb sudo apt-mark hold libpng12-0 Step 2: Create Symbolic Links for OpenSSL Harmony expects OpenSSL 1.0. Ubuntu 22.04+ uses OpenSSL 3.0. Create a compatibility link:
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