In this article, we will learn How to install Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application in Ubuntu 18.04 – The Best 3D Animation Software For Linux. Blender is a professional, free, and open-source 3D graphic design application that is used to create animated films, 3D printed models, visual effects, interactive 3D applications, and video games, etc. Blender was initially released by the Blender Foundation in 1995 by using C ++, C, and Python programming languages under the GNUV2 license.
Follow the below steps to install Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application in Ubuntu 18.04 – The Best 3D Animation Software For Linux:
Before starting the installation of Blender 3D Graphic Design Application we have to install the official PPA repository for that as it’s not a part of default repository of Ubuntu 18.04. So to install the PPA repository use the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender [sudo] password for itsmarttricks: Three (conflicting) versions of blender are provided: More info: https://launchpad.net/~thomas-schiex/+archive/ubuntu/blender Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it. Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic InRelease Err:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic Release Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Ign:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/aseman/desktop-apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:5 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release [943 B] Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B] Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
After installing the PPA repository let’s update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu 18.04 using the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic InRelease Err:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic Release Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Ign:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/aseman/desktop-apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:5 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release [943 B] Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B] Hit:9 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Now we are ready to install the Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application package. So let’s go ahead and install the same using the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get install blender Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-29-generic libsz2 libtbb2 libtinyxml2.6.2v5 liburiparser1 libxerces-c3.2 libyaml-cpp0.5v5 mysql-common odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 proj-bin proj-data Suggested packages: libyaml-cpp0.5v5 mysql-common odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 proj-bin proj-data 0 upgraded, 61 newly installed, 0 to remove and 186 not upgraded. Need to get 65.9 MB of archives. After this operation, 307 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 blender-data all 2.79.b+dfsg0-1 [12.2 MB] Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 fonts-dejavu all 2.37-1 [3,130 B] Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libglew2.0 amd64 2.0.0-5 [140 kB] Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libjemalloc1 amd64 3.6.0-11 [82.4 kB] Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libtinyxml2.6.2v5 amd64 2.6.2-4 [29.7 kB]
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application. Now to confirm the same use the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -l blender Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii blender 2.79.b+dfsg0 amd64 Very fast and versatile 3D modell
To open Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application, enter ‘blender‘ in the terminal. Refer the command below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ blender
Now you can see the Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application is open.
We have opened the Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application with the above command, You can also open the Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application graphically using Search your Ubuntu Desktop Application box. Refer to the snapshot below.
How To Uninstall Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application in Ubuntu 18.04?
For any reason, if you don’t like Blender 3D Graphic-Design Application and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following commands.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -r blender [sudo] password for itsmarttricks: (Reading database ... 190166 files and directories currently installed.) Removing blender (2.79.b+dfsg0-1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
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