How to install Blender on Debian 8.3
To install Blender on Debian
Blender is a professional free and open-source 3D computer graphics application. Installing Blender is very simple and easy. We have already covered the Installation of Blender on Ubuntu, now in this article, let us learn about its installation on Debian.
Installing Blender
Initiate the installation of Blender on your Debian machine by adding the repo on your apt source list. Use the following command for the same purpose.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Once it is done, update the apt source by invoking apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.4 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [6,916 B]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 170 kB in 4s (35.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
All is now set for the installation of Blender. Run apt-get install command to install Blender.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libasn1-8-heimdal libgssapi3-heimdal libhcrypto4-heimdal
libheimbase1-heimdal libheimntlm0-heimdal libhx509-5-heimdal
libkrb5-26-heimdal libroken18-heimdal libwind0-heimdal
Use ' apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
blender-data javascript-common libatomic1 libavdevice55
libboost-chrono1.55.0 libboost-filesystem1.55.0 libboost-locale1.55.0
libboost-regex1.55.0 libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-ui libopencolorio1
libopenimageio1.4 libraw10 libspnav0 libtinyxml2.6.2 libyaml-cpp0.3
Suggested packages:
apache2 lighttpd httpd libjs-jquery-ui-docs spacenavd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
blender blender-data javascript-common libatomic1 libavdevice55
libboost-chrono1.55.0 libboost-filesystem1.55.0 libboost-locale1.55.0
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Setting up libboost-filesystem1.55.0:amd64 (1.55.0+dfsg-3) ...
Setting up libboost-locale1.55.0:amd64 (1.55.0+dfsg-3) ...
Setting up libboost-regex1.55.0:amd64 (1.55.0+dfsg-3) ...
Setting up libraw10:amd64 (0.16.0-9+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libtinyxml2.6.2:amd64 (2.6.2-2) ...
Setting up libyaml-cpp0.3:amd64 (0.3.0-1.1) ...
Setting up blender-data (2.72.b+dfsg0-3) ...
Setting up libjs-jquery (1.7.2+dfsg-3.2) ...
Setting up libjs-jquery-ui (1.10.1+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up libopencolorio1 (1.0.9~dfsg0-3) ...
Setting up libopenimageio1.4 (1.4.14~dfsg0-1) ...
Setting up libspnav0 (0.2.2-1) ...
Setting up blender (2.72.b+dfsg0-3) ...
Setting up javascript-common (11) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
Blender has been installed. Use the activities search bar to search and open Blender.
Enjoy creating cool 3D models and animations with the help of Blender. Blender is most widely used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. It is used for creating 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke simulation, particle simulation, soft body simulation, sculpting, animating, match moving, camera tracking, rendering, video editing and compositing. It further features an integrated game engine.
#apt-get install blender