For Your Information: if you run the new build 2.51 (Alpha 1) and it runs in this error: Segmentation fault.

Then run :

Code:

./blender -d Blender 2.51 (sub 0) Build Build: "2010-02-18" "16:05:19" "linux2" "dynamic" argv[0] = ./blender argv[1] = -d read file /home/dani/.B25.blend   Version 250 sub 7 Segmentation fault

workaround on my linux box:
remove or rename your old .B25.blend file . (my preview version was: 2.5 Alpha 0)
and start again

Hello,

I really appreciate your post.. It offered some really good insight in me trying to run Blender version 2.5 Alpha2 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx alongside the previous version 2.49... Anyway, as my recent posts states on this matter, this is pretty much my dilemma.

In stumbling upon your file I ran the code:

Code:

./blender -d

what exactly is this suppose to do? After running it, I ended up with this in the terminal and blender 2.5 Alpha2 launched successfully: First I went to the directory where the 2.5 Alpha2 executable is located, in this case I did:

Code:

cd ~/source/blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686

then ran:

Code:

./blender -d

And, then I got this in the Terminal:

Code:

Blender 2.52 (sub 0) Build Build: "2010-03-09" "16:58:31" "linux2" "dynamic" argv[0] = ./blender argv[1] = -d read file   Version 251 sub 0 ordered  OBCube  OBLamp  OBCamera swin 1 added swin 2 added swin 3 added swin 4 added swin 5 added swin 6 added swin 7 added swin 8 added swin 9 added swin 10 added swin 11 added swin 12 added swin 13 added set screen found bundled python: /home/neduret/source/blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686/.blender/python SRNA Subclassed: 'Panel' time properties_animviz 0.0004 SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' time properties_data_armature 0.0009 SRNA Subclassed: 'Menu' SRNA Subclassed: 'Header' time properties_data_armature_rigify 0.0025 time properties_data_bone 0.0005 time properties_data_camera 0.0003 time properties_data_curve 0.0006 time properties_data_empty 0.0001 time properties_data_lamp 0.0005 time properties_data_lattice 0.0002 time properties_data_mesh 0.0005 time properties_data_metaball 0.0004 time properties_data_modifier 0.0005 time properties_game 0.0007 time properties_material 0.0018 time properties_object 0.0005 time properties_object_constraint 0.0005 time properties_particle 0.0022 time properties_physics_cloth 0.0004 time properties_physics_common 0.0000 time properties_physics_field 0.0003 time properties_physics_fluid 0.0005 time properties_physics_smoke 0.0005 time properties_physics_softbody 0.0009 time properties_render 0.0008 time properties_scene 0.0010 time properties_texture 0.0014 time properties_world 0.0009 time space_buttons 0.0002 time space_console 0.0006 time space_dopesheet 0.0003 time space_filebrowser 0.0003 time space_graph 0.0003 time space_image 0.0009 time space_info 0.0000 time space_logic 0.0001 time space_nla 0.0006 time space_node 0.0002 time space_outliner 0.0002 time space_sequencer 0.0010 time space_text 0.0006 time space_time 0.0003 time space_userpref 0.0028 time space_view3d 0.0040 time space_view3d_toolbar 0.0013 SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' time add_armature_human 0.0007 time add_mesh_torus 0.0003 time console_python 0.0001 time console_shell 0.0001 time fcurve_euler_filter 0.0002 time image 0.0002 time mesh 0.0004 time object 0.0010 time object_align 0.0002 time object_randomize_transform 0.0002 time presets 0.0007 time screen_play_rendered_anim 0.0095 time sequencer 0.0002 time uv 0.0003 time uvcalc_follow_active 0.0002 time uvcalc_smart_project 0.0006 time vertexpaint_dirt 0.0002 time wm 0.0018 SRNA Subclassed: 'Panel' time engine_render_pov 0.0069 SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' time export_3ds 0.0013 time export_fbx 0.0013 time export_mdd 0.0003 time export_obj 0.0005 time export_ply 0.0014 time export_x3d 0.0007 time import_anim_bvh 0.0004 time import_scene_3ds 0.0015 time import_scene_obj 0.0000 time import_shape_mdd 0.0002 SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' time netrender 0.0430 Time 0.1278 SRNA Subclassed: 'Bone' SRNA Subclassed: 'Context' SRNA Subclassed: 'EditBone' SRNA Subclassed: 'Header' SRNA Subclassed: 'Macro' SRNA Subclassed: 'Menu' SRNA Subclassed: 'Mesh' SRNA Subclassed: 'MeshEdge' SRNA Subclassed: 'MeshFace' SRNA Subclassed: 'Object' SRNA Subclassed: 'Operator' SRNA Subclassed: 'Panel' SRNA Subclassed: 'PoseBone' read file   Version 250 sub 0 handle evt 0 win 0 op WM_OT_splash swin 14 added bpy.ops.wm.splash() set drawable 1 ghost redraw recalcob Cube recalcdata Cube set screen

In the same directory, I typed

Code:

./blender

and blender 2.5 Alpha2 launched and I got this in the Terminal:

Code:

found bundled python: /home/neduret/source/blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686/.blender/python *bpy stats* - tot exec: 182,  tot run: 0.0053sec,  average run: 0.000029sec,  tot usage 0.0256%

I then quit 2.5 Alpha2. , and typed:

Code:

blender

then 2.49 launched successfully. I knew I could launch 2.49 like this without having to go to its directory, however is there a way to achieve the same for 2.5 Alpha2 without having to go to its directory?

Any help and clarity on this would be really appreciated.



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I am trying to install blender 2.5 Alpha2 along side version 2.49b on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Linux, and launch it from the terminal just like the 2.49b version that I installed using Linux's Synaptic Package Manager. This time, however I want to install it from source because the Blender 2.5 Alpha2 version is not available in the synaptic package manager. So I downloaded the tar source file which reads :

Quote:

blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686.tar.bz2

into my downloads folder. And then, in the Terminal, went to the Downloads directory:

Code:

cd ~/Downloads

then typed:

Code:

tar jxvf blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686.tar.bz2 -C ~/source

Now, the instructions that I found in the source file after unpacking simply reads:

Quote:

Linux, FreeBSD, Irix, Solaris: Unpack the distribution, copy the .blender directory from it to your home directory. Then run the Blender executable. Install scripts by putting them in the .blender/scripts inside your home folder.

I did find the .blender file as stated in the above instructions in the source folder after I unpacked the software into the source directory in my HOME directory, however upon trying to copy it to my HOME directory, I received errors due to the fact that the .blender file already exists from my previous 2.49b install.

Now, in the Ubuntu book that I'm reading it says that the instructions above should have stated how to compile and install the software and that typically, the procedure to compile source code is as follows:

Code:

./configure

and that this command runs a script to check whether all dependencies are met and the build environment is correct. It then says to run:

Code:

make

in order to compile the software, and finally, run:

Code:

sudo make install

My only question is in coming from a Mac background, On Mac OSX version 10.6, I have 2 different versions of blender installed on the same operating system naturally in 2 different directories so that they don't conflict. I just want to the same in Ubuntu 10.04.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

freesparks
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It's just really cumbersome to have to type:

Code:

cd ~/source/blender-2.5-alpha2-linux-glibc27-i686$ ./blender

in order to launch 2.5 alpha2 each time I want to start working on it. Just want it to be easy like the previous version by going into to the Terminal and just typing blender.

Or is there a workaround?

Best Regards,

thru2trot

Uh, add the directory to your PATH environment variable?

Hello Stiv,

I must apologize. I completely forgot about adding that directory to my PATH. Would you be able to explain in detail how I go about doing this. On MAC, I simply created a .bash_profile file and placed that in my home directory. However, I am not too familiar on how to properly do this on a Linux platform.

Best Regards,

thru2trot

Hello Stiv,

Please disregard last post. I simply created a .bash_profile file in my home directory, and added this to the file:

Code:

export PATH="/my/path/to/blender2.5:${PATH}"

My only question now is how I go about launching version 2.49 like that as well, seeing that now I am only able to launch 2.5 alpha2 when I type blender in the terminal.

Thanks for you insight and help!!!

Best Regards,

thru2trot