{"id":7138,"date":"2017-09-13T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2021-06-09T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:28:45","slug":"blender-2-79-released-install-it-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/blender-2-79-released-install-it-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender 2.79 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blender-icon245x250.png\" alt=\"Blender 2.79\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5748\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blender 2.79 was finally released a day ago after 2 release candidates. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/features\/releases\/2-79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender 2.79<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenCL support has improved and should be closer to parity with Blender&#8217;s CUDA capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>10~20% faster performance for modern x86_64 CPUs with AVX2<\/li>\n<li>automatic DPI support for determining HiDPI displays<\/li>\n<li>an overhaul to Blender&#8217;s video output support<\/li>\n<li>new denoiser, PBR shader, shadow catcher, filmic color management<\/li>\n<li>and over 700 bug-fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/splash_279-600x338.png\" style=\"background-color:black;\" alt=\"blender 2.79 splash\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/splash_279-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/splash_279-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/splash_279-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/splash_279.png 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Blender 2.79 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The official Blender tarball (non-install) for Linux is available for download at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Blender Download (non-install version)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">For third-party binaries, Blender is also available via Snap and traditional PPA. You can install both or either one via following steps.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Install Blender in Ubuntu via Snap:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Blender 2.79 is also available as snap package, which is large in file, but bundles almost all required libraries. Available for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and higher.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> For Ubuntu 14.04 only, install <code>snapd<\/code> daemon if you don&#8217;t have it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install snapd xdg-open-snapd<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-600x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"89\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-600x89.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-450x67.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If you have installed the snap package &#8220;blender-tpaw&#8221; (2.78c so far), first remove it via:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove blender-tpaw<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally run command to install blender 2.79 snap maintained by another guy:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install blender --classic<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blender-snap-classic-600x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"87\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blender-snap-classic-600x87.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blender-snap-classic-450x65.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blender-snap-classic.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Install Blender 2.79 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~thomas-schiex\/+archive\/ubuntu\/blender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Schiex&#8217;s PPA<\/a> contains the Blender packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04. <\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE that Blender 2.79 is not ready in the PPA at the moment of writing. Be patient, it will be there in a few days.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-red\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-exclamation-triangle'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">The PPA is abandoned, see <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/install-blender-2-93-ppa-ubuntu-20-04\/\">this tutorial instead<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex\/blender<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blender-ppa-600x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"95\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blender-ppa-600x95.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blender-ppa-450x71.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blender-ppa.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade Blender if you have a previous installed via Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-blender278-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade to blender 2.79\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-blender278-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-blender278-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-blender278.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run commands to check updates and install blender package:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install blender<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Remove:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove Blender packages either use your system package manager or run commands:<\/p>\n<p>To remove Blender snap app, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove blender<\/pre>\n<p>To remove Blender installed from PPA, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove blender<\/pre>\n<p>And to remove the PPA repository, launch &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; utility and navigate to Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blender 2.79 was finally released a day ago after 2 release candidates. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives. Blender 2.79 release highlights: OpenCL support has improved and should be closer to parity with Blender&#8217;s CUDA capabilities. 10~20% faster performance for modern x86_64 CPUs with AVX2 automatic DPI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[771,772,1498],"class_list":["post-7138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-blender","tag-blender-ppa","tag-blender-snap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}