HOWTO: Compile Blender 2.5 SVN

[skkeeper]

Blender is THE free 3D graphics application and the version 2.5 his expected to introduce some outstanding changes to its workflow. For all of you, like me, who dont like to wait months for a stable release, I'll present you a way of downloading the source code and compiling it yourselves.

This guide was tested in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.

Installing Dependencies

sudo apt-get install build-essential scons g++ libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxi-dev zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6-dev libtiff4-dev libopenexr-dev libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev python2.6-dev libfftw3-dev libsamplerate0-dev libjack-dev libavformat-dev libxvidcore4-dev libogg-dev libfaac-dev libfaad-dev libx264-dev libmp3lame-dev libvorbis-dev libtheora-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev subversion

If youre going to follow this guide, ALL THIS PACKAGES must be installed sucessfully.
Getting and Compiling Python 3.1.1

• Get the Source Code tarball here: http://www.python.org/download/
• Extract it and cd into it
• Configure before compiling:
  

  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared

• Now compile
  

  make

• Finally lets install
  

  sudo make install

Getting and Compiling Blender 2.5 SVN

• Create a new folder where you're gonna save the source code
• Now let's get our hands on the source code:
  

  svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/branches/blender2.5

• Enter the folder you just checked out
  

  cd blender

• Let's define some settings for the compilation
  

  nano user-config.py

  Paste and save the following:
  

  WITH_BF_FFMPEG = 'true'
  BF_FFMPEG_LIB = 'avformat avcodec avutil xvidcore ogg faac faad x264 mp3lame vorbis theora vorbisenc swscale avdevice'
  WITH_BF_OPENAL = 'true'
  WITH_BF_GAMEENGINE='true'
  WITH_BF_FFTW3 = 'true'
  WITH_BF_PLAYER='false'
  WITH_BF_VERSE='false'
  WITH_BF_YAFRAY='false'
  BF_PYTHON_VERSION = '3.1'
  WITH_BF_JACK = 'true'

• Finally lets compile
  

  scons

• Now lets clean
  

  scons clean

• The binaries should be created so lets go to the right folder
  

  cd ../install/linux2

• And finnaly run blender
  

  ./blender

This is my first tutorial for Ubuntu Forums, so any question or feedback please post here. Namaste

[-Zeus-]

Great post, but actually, the proper svn for 2.5 is:

svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/branches/blender2.5

The svn you provided is just the current branch, currently 2.49b.

[skkeeper]

Great post, but actually, the proper svn for 2.5 is:

svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/branches/blender2.5

The svn you provided is just the current branch, currently 2.49b.

Thank you, my mistake. I compiled both versions for personal use and confused the svn url when i did the tutorial.

Sorry for the mistake and I'll correct it in the main post

[caddict]

i am trying to install blender 2.5 on 8.10. first problem is

Couldn't find package python2.6-dev

i guess it is not in the 8.10 repositories

am i wasting my time to try installing on 8.10?

[kevdog]

try python2.4-dev -- I know that's in the intrepid repositories

[caddict]

thanks kevdog, i may give that a try. i think blender 2.5 needs python 2.6 and 3.1 but really not sure.

i am building up the strength to do a fresh install of jaunty, so i may just hold off until then.

but i am keen to have a play with the new blender!

[caddict]

thanks skkeeper

i have upgraded to 9.04 and your instructions worked perfectly.

now to explore blender 2.5!

[lubosz]

great news. the proper blender 2.5 svn is trunk:
https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-b.../trunk/blender

[Labello]

Well it did actually work but performance is soooo bad. about 1FPS. the blender from karmic repos works without such an issue.

[caddict]

also some good builds at

http://www.graphicall.org/builds/