Make it easier to get GPU rendering on Linux
I normally install Blender on Linux by copy-pasting lines like these:<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender </pre><pre>sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender
</pre>If it's possible to install Blender on Linux and have it talk to the graphics card for GPU rendering by a similar set of lines I would love that. PS - why are these lines not listed on blender.org 's download page?
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Personally I have CUDA when I use the proprietary Nvidia driver (if there's a way with the open source one I'm very interested)
> PS - why are these lines not listed on blender.org ‘s download page?
I'd say because :
This proposal is kind of vague and seems to be very specific to s single Linux distribution. It would be more clear if you could describe the actual root of the problem and what the copy/paste solution you've listed actually does. What's different about the version of Blender in that PPA compared to the official release?
I never install Blender, just run the executable. I have 2 NVIDIA gpus and have to run Blender as root to get gpu rendering. Don't forget to then run as user so you keep permissions for files you create. Sounds a bit of a pain but you only need to run as root once each time you switch the computer on.