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The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

You could simply open your terminal and enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data PathsDirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

You could simply open your terminal and enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

You could simply open your terminal and enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.
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The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

Or if you don't want to or can't change the $PATH variable, youYou could simply open your terminal, change to the directory with the executable and run it from there:enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

Or if you don't want to or can't change the $PATH variable, you could simply open your terminal, change to the directory with the executable and run it from there:

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

You could simply open your terminal and enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.
Specify that running those commands to cd into the blender dir is an alternative to changing the $PATH. Was unclear that it was an alternate method.
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The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

YouOr if you don't want to or can't change the $PATH variable, you could simply open your terminal, change to the directory with the executable and enterrun it from there:

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

You could simply open your terminal and enter

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.

The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable.

If you installed blender as described in the Wiki Installing Blender on Mac. The executable blender is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS

Or if you don't want to or can't change the $PATH variable, you could simply open your terminal, change to the directory with the executable and run it from there:

cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS
./blender 




ndof: 3Dx driver not found
found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python

In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths

More Environment Variables

Run ./blender --help

Environment Variables:
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $SDL_AUDIODRIVER          LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.
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