How To Update Blender

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  1. How To Update Blender To 2.8
  2. How To Update Blender On Linux Mint
  3. How To Update Blender From Terminal In Linux

Requires glibc 2.17 or newer. Suits most recent GNU/Linux distributions. Blender 2.92.0 was released on February 25, 2021md5 sha256. Jan 18, 2021 Once on the store page, search for 'Blender' in the search bar on the top right. Select Blender in the search results, and press the green free button to install it. Auto-updates will be automatically enabled after install. By default, steam will install and automatically update to the latest official release of Blender.

How To Update Blender To 2.8

Blender 2.79 was finally released a day ago after 2 release candidates. Here'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's CUDA capabilities.
  • 10~20% faster performance for modern x86_64 CPUs with AVX2
  • automatic DPI support for determining HiDPI displays
  • an overhaul to Blender's video output support
  • new denoiser, PBR shader, shadow catcher, filmic color management
  • and over 700 bug-fixes.

How to Install Blender 2.79 in Ubuntu:

The official Blender tarball (non-install) for Linux is available for download at:

For third-party binaries, Blender is also available via Snap and traditional PPA. You can install both or either one via following steps.

Install Blender in Ubuntu via Snap:

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.

1. For Ubuntu 14.04 only, install snapd daemon if you don't have it:

2. If you have installed the snap package 'blender-tpaw' (2.78c so far), first remove it via:

3. Finally run command to install blender 2.79 snap maintained by another guy:

Install Blender 2.79 via PPA in Ubuntu:

Thomas Schiex's PPA contains the Blender packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04.

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.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

2. Then upgrade Blender if you have a previous installed via Software Updater:

or run commands to check updates and install blender package:

How to Remove:

To remove Blender packages either use your system package manager or run commands:

To remove Blender snap app, run command:

To remove Blender installed from PPA, run command:

And to remove the PPA repository, launch 'Software & Updates' utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

For those prefer installing apps via the classic apt method, you can now install Blender 2.92 via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and also Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04.

The open-source 3D modeller software Blender 2.92 was released a few days ago. Features 'a completely new workflow for editing meshes, new physics simulation methods, faster Cycles rendering, better compositing with Eevee, and so much more.'

Blender offers official Snap package, which runs in sandbox, and is available to install directly from Ubuntu Software. As well, a Linux portable package is available to download in its website. For those prefer the classic deb packages, Thomas Schiex's PPA has made it for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 20.10 users.

1. Add Blender PPA:

Firstly open terminal from system application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA: How many game modes can you play minecraft.

Type user password, no asterisk feedback, when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

The PPA does not support for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04, but another PPA do! It however requires a few more PPA for updated libaries, see the PPA description for detail.

2. Install or update Blender:

If you have an old version of Blender packages installed via apt method, open Software Updater (Update Manager) and update the software:

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Or run commands in terminal to install / update the package:

3. Fix missing libLLVM-6.0.so.1 issue:

How To Update Blender On Linux Mint

Blender 2.92 does not start in my Ubuntu 20.04, and it outputs an error when running from terminal:

/usr/lib/blender/blender: error while loading shared libraries: libLLVM-6.0.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How To Update Blender From Terminal In Linux

This can be easily fixed by running command:

Not sure if the problem exists in Ubuntu 20.10, but libllvm6.0 is not available in the Groovy repository.

Uninstall:

To remove the Ubuntu PPA, open Software & Updates and go to Other Software tab, then remove the relevant line.

To remove Blender installed via apt, run command in terminal:





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