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I'm a newbie to Ubuntu. I'm in love with Ubuntu now <3 I don't want to use another OS again!

So, I downloaded Blender 2.6 on my brand new Ubuntu 13.10 and extracted. But I don't have any Idea how to install. Please will you help me guys? Thanks a lot!

Pramod
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  • Just a suggestion. Update to Ubuntu 14.04 and install the Blender directly from the Ubuntu Software Center. – mniess Jun 03 '14 at 21:00

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Open the terminal or use the shortucut Ctrl+Alt+t and type:

sudo apt-get install blender

Enter the password and wait for installation complete

Mina Eid
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To install blender you can just easily run sudo apt-get install belnder But in relation to your comment to @Sil answer that you want to instal from source code and don't want to download it again do the following:

cd ~/Desktop/belnder
./configure
make
sudo make install
Maythux
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  • Blender software is in my Desktop in a folder name "blender" So, how should I edit the above code please? – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 12:11
  • ok edited check it – Maythux Feb 07 '14 at 12:14
  • Thank you! But I'm getting an error. :( Here :

    pramod@pramod-LIFEBOOK-E8110:~$ cd ~/Desktop/blender pramod@pramod-LIFEBOOK-E8110:~/Desktop/blender$ ./configure bash: ./configure: No such file or directory pramod@pramod-LIFEBOOK-E8110:~/Desktop/blender$ make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

     – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 12:18
  • ok inside your folder blender there is a file called make or install read it – Maythux Feb 07 '14 at 12:35
  • THat's the problem. :( THere isn't one. But there is a readme. But, the only instruction in there is "Linux: Unpack the archive, then run the Blender executable." Nothing more :( – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 12:39
  • ok inside the directory list all files bu command ls -l – Maythux Feb 07 '14 at 12:40
  • Get it ;) Thank you so much for helping a newbie like me @maythux :) Thank you soo much! – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 12:47
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Welcome to the Ubuntu community!

Blender is available through the repositories, and can be installed with sudo apt-get install blender or through the Software Center. You won't have to deal with the archives at all.

ExplodingKittens
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  • Thank you. I already downloaded the archive. So, is there anyway I can install with it? Because downloading via terminal cost data again :( – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 11:29
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Why don't you use command line? Press Ctrl + Alt + T for opening the terminal and type there:

sudo apt-get install blender

And voila there is Blender installed and ready to use.

m1nev
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  • Thank you. I already downloaded the archive. So, is there anyway I can install with it? Because downloading via terminal cost data again :( – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 11:30
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From my experience, the Blender in repositories is old. So, I decided to ignore them, and download Blender myself.

So, download one of the packages above, extract it, then go to the extracted blender-2.6.something directory and just run the blender binary from here.

So from command line, it will look something like this:

wget http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/graphics/blender/release/Blender2.69/blender-2.69-linux-glibc211-i686.tar.bz2
tar xvf blender-2.69-linux-glibc211-i686.tar.bz2
cd blender-2.69-linux-glibc211-i686
./blender
Pitel
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  • Maybe posting how you installed may help newbies like me :) – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 14:02
  • What do you mean? I just did that. Or you want exact commands? Well, this method has one downside: Blender will not be well integrated to your system (like, opening .blend fiels with double click). – Pitel Feb 07 '14 at 14:04
  • Yeah. It would be helpful when someone watching this thread @Pitel – Pramod Feb 07 '14 at 14:17