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How to install Blender 2.79 on Ubuntu 16.04

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To install Blender 2.79 on Ubuntu 16.04

Blender is a professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Blender' s features include 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke simulation, particle simulation, soft body simulation, sculpting, animating, match moving, camera tracking, rendering, motion graphics, video editing and compositing. This tutorial covers the ground on the installation procedure of Blender 2.79 on Ubuntu 16.04.


Features

  • Video encoding settings have been simplified, along with the addition of a Constant Rate Factor (CRF) mode.
  • Viewport support for Object Info, Layer Weight and Fresnel shading nodes.
  • Duplicate Particle Systems
  • Rigid Body Physics: support for rotational springs with stiffness and damping.
  • Collada improvements

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, add the repository by running the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
 A revival of Irie Shinsuke' s PPA: Blender is compiled with all bells and whistles (OSL, OpenCollada, OpenVDB, OSD, jemalloc &  precompiled CUDA kernels) and adapted to Ubuntu (python, ffmpeg, ilmbase, openEXR, Ubuntu packages are used directly to avoid redundancy).
If you find this PPA useful, you can offer me a coffee or a beer at
  https://goo.gl/lD5eNE
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK


After adding the required repositories, update the repository by running the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.9 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]     
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [5,480 B]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB]    
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [5,488 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [4,488 B]
Get:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB]
Fetched 299 kB in 2s (121 kB/s)     
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Next install the blender application by executing the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  i965-va-driver libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec57 libavdevice57 libavfilter6
  libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55 libbdplus0 libblas-common libblas3
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Setting up blender (2.79~rc2~1503060832-0thomas~zesty1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2) ...

The application has been installed in the system. Type the application name in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.
ubuntu dashboard
The Blender application is running without any glitches.
blender


blender dashboard
The installation of Blender 2.79 in Ubuntu 16.04 is done successfully.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Wanna make an installation of Blender on ParrotOS?

A

To install Blender please refer the link as follow "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-blender-on-parrotos-3-9/"

Q

What about the splash-screen and icons on Blender?

A

The splash-screen and icons are GPL’d material therefore when using them the terms of the GPL must be followed.

Q

Can I give Blender to my co-workers or employees?

A

Of course! You may give any of the versions of Blender on Blender.org to other people, or share it internally via a server.

Q

What about Add-ons or my Python scripts to Blender?

A

If you share or publish Python scripts – if they use the Blender API calls – have to be made available compliant to the GNU GPL as well.

Q

What is Blender?

A

Blender is a professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Blender' s features include 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke simulation, particle simulation, soft body simulation, sculpting, animating, match moving, camera tracking, rendering, motion graphics, video editing, and compositing.

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