#Install blender as a module with python 3.5 and pyenv
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04.
Follow instructions from here.
Follow instructions from here.
The instructions are mostly the same as the official installation instructions except for a few modifications specified below.
Install the python dependecies using pip:
pip install numpy
pip install requests
When blender is build as a module, the blender binary doesn't get built. So, first build blender as normal following these instructions. Run install_deps.sh to generate the cmake options. For example, build all libraries except for opensubdivision, opencollada and ffmpeg:
./blender/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh --source ./ --threads=4 --with-all --skip-osd --skip-ffmpeg
When using cmake, use the following python options (in addition to any other options returned from the command above that you need):
cmake -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.5 -DPYTHON_ROOT_DIR=~/.pyenv/versions/3.5.1 ../blender
Make sure to build it and install it:
make -j4
make install
This should have created the blender binary bin/blender. Now, build blender as a module as described in the original post (in addition to any other options):
cmake -DWITH_PLAYER=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_MODULE=ON ../blender
Build it an install it:
make -j4
make install
This should have created the python library bin/bpy.so.
@davidwessman I am stuck on the same step you were in Feb 20, except the official instructions have been taken down. Do you recall how to point to your site-packages? Trying to copy just bpy.so into my pyenv's site packages for the python distribution I used (anaconda3-5.2.0) I am able to import bpy, but immediately have errors thrown because it can't find any of the other dependencies.
Thanks!