Installing the plug-in
From Fracture FX
The FractureFX plug-in needs to be installed to your Maya plug-in path. The path varies from OS to OS, below is a basic reference of the standard paths. Those on a production pipeline may find that their paths are altered and don't reflect the examples below.
Linux
$MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/2012/plug-ins $MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/plug-ins /usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/2012/plug-ins /usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/plug-ins $MAYA_LOCATION/bin/plug-ins
Mac OS
<homefolder>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2012 <homefolder>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya /Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya/2012 /Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya Inside the Maya package in /Applications/Maya 2012/Maya.app
Windows
<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/2012/plug-ins <user’s directory>/Documents/maya/plug-ins <maya_directory>/bin/plug-ins