Blender installation for Synthetic Image dataset generation

blender_installation_instructions.md

Simple steps:

1. Download .tar.bz from official site and extract it. Version 2.79

   wget https://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.79/blender-2.79b-linux-glibc219-x86_64.tar.bz2 Extract: tar -xvf <blender_version>

2. sudo mv /{path_to}/{Extracted folder} /opt/blender

3. Create a symbolic link for use from the command line:

sudo ln -s /opt/blender/blender /usr/bin/blender

In Ubuntu, if you also want to add Blender to the Unity Launcher, extra steps:

Update: Steps 4, 5 not needed, just do:

sudo cp /opt/blender/blender.desktop /usr/share/applications/

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4. Create a new file: sudo blender /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop
5. Copy the following in it:

[Desktop Entry]
Version={blender_version}
Name=Blender
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=blender
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/blender/icons/{path_to_preferred_icon}
Type=Application
Categories=PhotoEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=blender -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity