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gabriel
Asked: 2012-07-29 23:21:44 +0800 CST

How do I install the latest Blender 3D builds from a PPA?

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My problem is that i want to install latest blender and upgrade it automatically via sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade . So, i tried to add a repository 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cheleb/blender-svn 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender

So, after the first line executed in terminal it gives me:

You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
 tag:launchpad.net:2008:redacted
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~cheleb/+archive/blender-svn
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

 Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options
 --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.pvnVePB2Fl --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80/ --recv tag:launchpad.net:2008:redacted
 gpg: "tag:launchpad.net:2008:redacted" not a key ID: skipping

And when i am running the second line it gives me:

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cheleb/blender-svn/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/cheleb/blender-svn/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages
404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch
 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cheleb/blender-svn/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages
 404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.

Q: why this ppa does not work and what should i do to have blender updated automatically!?!Thanks

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    IF you Actually click on the links you can find out why, the address just doesn't exist.

    And if you go to the launchpad page: https://launchpad.net/~cheleb/+archive/blender-svn you can see it's not accessible.

    @PhoneixS asked the maintainer of the PPA Ralf Hölzemer (cheleb) and he said: "...cannot maintain that PPA any longer."

    You can however Install it from this other PPA:

    https://launchpad.net/~thomas-schiex/+archive/ubuntu/blender

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender

    The builds are recent so you still get the newest Blender.

    Here you can find Instructions on how to Compile Blender from SVN

    http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Doc/Building_Blender/Linux/Ubuntu/CMake

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  2. And now that Irie PPA is not updated anymore, to get the latest version (updated weekly), you can use this instead:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender
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