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This is probably pretty noob stuff but I'm stuck and all the tutorials led me to the same result.

I have Blender 2.82 from the Ubuntu Software Store running on 20.04 Focal Fossa just fine. But I also need Blender 2.79b, so downloaded that from Blender site and extracted into: /home/name/snap/blender279b

From there edited a .desktop shortcut file and placed in my user desktop folder (also tried placing it in /home/name/.local/share/applications to no avail)

File contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Blender
Exec=/home/name/snap/blender279b %f
Icon=/home/name/snap/blender279b
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;
MimeType=application/x-blender;

However, it does not open Blender ("Allow executing file as program" is ticked). The "Allow launching" option is not present in the right-click menu.

Thanks.

Bandido
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    It would be better if the Exec= line pointed to an executable rather than to a folder (you indicated you extracted into /home/name/snap/blender279b, and at the same time you specify that as the executable) – vanadium Jul 12 '20 at 13:44
  • See https://askubuntu.com/questions/1257151/blender-desktop-file-does-not-have-allow-launching-as-an-option-when-right-cl/1257182#1257182 – heynnema Jul 12 '20 at 17:50
  • That was obvious and I missed it, changed that line, but still no show. Exec=/home/name/snap/blender279b/blender %f – Bandido Jul 12 '20 at 19:31
  • Does blender2.79 run on your machine, it may be linked to older lib versions you don't have? In a terminal cd /home/name/snap/blender279b && blender – sambler Jul 13 '20 at 08:29
  • That code, despite pointing to the correct Blender 2.279b dir, starts the other, more recent copy of Blender 2.82 installed via Ubuntu Software Store! – Bandido Jul 13 '20 at 10:47
  • Solved by just embracing the change and leaping to Blender 2.9, via Ubuntu Software Center. Dropped older versions. Thanks for your help and suggestions. – Bandido Nov 20 '20 at 14:16

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