Binary file wont run. How do I install it?

Question

I downloaded the 2.70 release of blender from the blender website (blender.org) and extracted the file to /home. The instructions in the readme say that I need to simply run the executable binary. However when I attempt to open the file nothing happens. I opened a bash and made the file executable, still no dice.

what am I doing wrong here? the terminal just tells me that it cannot execute the binary file...

I do not want the build available from the software center as it is v2.62. I already have this installed and am trying to install the 2.7 build available from the website

Output from the console

cromwell@Terminal:~$ sudo chmod +x /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender
[sudo] password for cromwell: 
cromwell@Terminal:~$ sudo /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender
/home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender: 2: /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
cromwell@Terminal:~$

cromwell@Terminal:/$ ls /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64
2.70                    GPL3-license.txt       LICENSE-bmonofont-i18n.ttf.txt
blender                 GPL-license.txt        LICENSE-droidsans.ttf.txt
blenderplayer           icons                  Python-license.txt
blender-softwaregl      jemalloc-license.txt   readme.html
blender-thumbnailer.py  lib
copyright.txt           LICENSE-bfont.ttf.txt

Are you sure the file isn't corrupted? If possible, try re-downloading the file using a better tool like wget — Zuko, Apr 07 '14 at 06:45
the file was downloaded from a web page... see my answer... i got it working... i believe it may have something to do with missing dependencies — Konner Rasmussen, Apr 07 '14 at 06:52
great because, there is also a binary copy from the repository if we are still talking about blender.. — Zuko, Apr 07 '14 at 07:07
@OluDoug the repo had the v2.63 build which doesn’t include cycles or volumetric rendering, where as the website had the new 2.70 release. — Konner Rasmussen, Apr 07 '14 at 07:50
What does head -n 1 /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender show? — psusi, Apr 07 '14 at 14:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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For whatever reason (Hopefully someone will be kind enough to explain) the following post helped me to fix my problem and i am now running blender 2.70 =)

it was the first post that did it for me

How do I install and keep updated with the most recent versions of Blender on Ubuntu?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Apr 07 '14 at 06:22

Konner Rasmussen

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '14 at 05:20

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First make the binary file executable,

sudo chmod +x /path/to/the/binary/file

Then run the binary file,

sudo ./binary-file-name           # Before running this command, you have to cding into the directory where the binary file is placed.

answered Apr 07 '14 at 05:20

Avinash Raj

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didnt work... see the console in the OP – Konner Rasmussen Apr 07 '14 at 05:28
cd /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64 and then sudo ./blender – Avinash Raj Apr 07 '14 at 05:33
still complaining about an exterminated quoted string – Konner Rasmussen Apr 07 '14 at 05:39
post the output of ls /home/cromwell/blender-2.70-linux-glibc211-x86_64 command. – Avinash Raj Apr 07 '14 at 05:40

Binary file wont run. How do I install it?

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