Questions tagged [installation]
Questions regarding installation of Blender should use this tag. Also, use the respective operating system tag: windows, mac, or linux.
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Why does blender's python use system python's site_packages?
Please read carefully
this is not about installing packages with Blender's python, but rather their reverse - ignoring system packages.
I DO NOT WANT Blender to use the packages in ...
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Addons installation failure
I installed an addon of simply cloth pro, but when I come to mark it in the window of the addons, it says to me that there is an error.
Attached is a picture of what they write to me.
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How to uninstall blender
From the control panel, I click on Blender and right-click to uninstall.
Getting this pop-up
How to uninstall old version 2.79 complete blender version from pc.
Any suggestion or help. Im using win7.
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Human Base Mesh Installation
I have finished installing Blender 3.6 and have eagerly awaited the human base meshes for this software, but I do not know how to install the meshes as assets. I am capable of opening the meshes but ...
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Help re-installing Add-Ons, and how to approach “Missing script files”
I have to reinstall all my addons and I'm encountering an issue with “Missing script files.”
I run Blender in a “portable set-up”, with different versions sharing a joint parent “config” folder. ...
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Is there a documentation of Blender's installer's command line arguments?
I only found documentation of CLI for Blender itself. What about the installer? I can't find any sort of info anywhere, I also asked few times in the support chat with no reply.
Why do I need it? Main ...
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Are addons generally considered safe to download and install?
Are addons considered safe to download? I mean, it seems that anyone can make their own addon. Who's to say if they're safe or not?
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Blender 3.4.0 Startup Error in Mac OS High Sierra
I just installed Blender 3.4 on my ancient late-2011 iMac, as 3.4 is supposed to be the latest version that will run on my machine. When I try to run it, I get the following error message,
My iMac is ...
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Blender 3.5 Unsupported graphics card
Having issues both with Meshmixer and Blender failing on launch, Blender gives me an error regarding a graphics card and drivers not able to support OpenGL 3.3.
Currently running a radeon 6600 XT with ...
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Blender 3.5 Unsupportyed graphics card [duplicate]
Having issues both with meshmixer and blender failing on launch, blender gives me an error regarding a graphics card and drivers not able to support OpenGL 3.3
Currently running a radeon 6600 XT with ...
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How to set up Blender on a Windows Server?
How to set up Blender on a server to run Crowd Render for myself and the two other Blender users in my office?
We asked IT about creating a render farm with some spare PCs we have around, but they ...
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Uninstalling Blender previous versions
I would like to uninstall many of the previous versions of Blender to free up some space.
When I go to the control panel to uninstall I cannot distinguish between the versions.
Can I simply go to C:\...
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Cannot run Blender installed via snap on Ubuntu server
I installed Blender 3.4.1 on an Ubuntu 22.04 server via snap:
sudo snap install blender --classic
But when I try to run it:
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Error when Installing my addon
I was installing my blender addon when I get an error:
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traceback error keeping me from scatter 5.0
I have been sent here by the scatter guys. Attached is the error message that comes up when i try to install scatter 5. it seems that my machine is blocking some folders for install. Not sure how to ...
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Installing python module for Blender bundled python (3.10) [duplicate]
my student and I had developed a Blender add-on, BlenderPhotonics, for 3D tetrahedral mesh generation and photon transport simulation. For Blender 2.8/2.9x with Ubuntu 18.04 Linux and Python 3.6, I ...
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Blender 3.4 Error: Unable to open or write bookmark file
So I am getting the following error in Blender 3.4:
Unable to open or write bookmark file "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.4\config\bookmarks.txt"
I get this error ...
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Blender (Flathub install) randomly isn't opening anymore. What can I do?
Apologies if there are mistakes with this question, as it's my first post here but I can't find any information anywhere about this issue.
My computer is running OpenSuse LEAP 15.4, and I've installed ...
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Blender 3.4 instantly closing after installing amd drivers in linux
I am trying to get cycles to work using hip on a new pc build running Ubuntu 22.04. PC has an AMD Radeon 6800 XT. I downloaded Blender 3.4 through the website and extracted the software in executable ...
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Best version Of blender?
My laptop is core i5, 5th generation, 64gb RAM and SSD 256. I have installed the blender but it just showed me a white screen on startup. Even I try different versions 1 by 1. But there is the same ...
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Can't find script folders or addon folder in appdata directory (hidden files on)
So I have begun my life long journey to get the Daz bridge to show up in blender addons and I am trying to access the scripts folder in the blender (3.3) directory which as follows
Appdata/Raoming/...
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How do I install settings from one version of Blender to another
I've installed 3.3 and opened it a number of times. I also added a plugin. This means that the 'Install settings from a previous version' option is now missing from the splash screen. I can't find an ...
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i cannot use swiftblock in blender 2.82 (ubantu) [duplicate]
Ehen i use the Swiftblock > Build it always show this and cannot active
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Easy answer to an install problem
I've been running Blender 2.90.1, everything is fine.
Just downloaded the Blender 3.3.0 install file (blender-3.3.0-macos-arm64.DMG) and I get this dialog box.
My mac's spec.
Any idea why I can't ...
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How can I install Blender on a different disc than C entirely?
I would like to install Blender on a different disc than C, with no residual files on C at all, because I don’t have any space on my C drive. Is there an option to do that? I tried changing the ...
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3.2.2 Installation Fail on MacOS
I am running a MacBook Pro 2019 with 32GB of memory and an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB graphics card, Monterey 12.5.1, and I am getting an error message “You can’t open the application “Blender” because ...
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Blender 2.79 not working in Windows Server 2019 on AWS cloud t2.micro
I was trying to install Blender 2.79 on Windows Server 2019 on AWS cloud t2.micro. It installs but does not start - neither GUI, nor by using blener -b command. ...
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Can't Active Add-ons in Blender 3.2.2
I'm using Blender 3.2.2, my add-ons need to install Pillow in blender folder first before install it in blender, so there it's not pb with that but when i active the add-ons , i got a error message.
I ...
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How to use a "native addon" (SSGI)
I just purchased SSGI on Gumroad which is a global illumination addon for Evee. I have a question about the installation. I can install the "old addons" (Screenshot 1) as usual: preferences/...
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Installing Blender on old XP machine
I want to install Blender on an old XP machine. The computer has Windows XP sp3 and 3GB RAM.
I read about options and Blender 2.72b was suggested as a nice stable version that works on XP. If ...
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How to run Blender on a Surface Pro 2
I have acquired an old Surface Pro 2 (Windows 8), and would like to run Blender on it if I ever want to use the touchscreen for drawing, sculpting, etc. The Surface Pro 2 should, in theory, run ...
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Installing blender in ubuntu libopenimageio2.1 problem
I'm trying to install blender via sudo apt install blender
but it gives the following error
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GoZ- Blender to ZBrush - GoB
I would like to install a GoZ live link between ZBrush 2022 and Blender 3.0.
I have installed the GoB Add-on(v3_5_66)in Blender:Edit>Preferences>Add-ons.
In ZBrush I have updated >Preferences&...
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Error installing Blender game engine UPBGE
I downloaded BGE from https://upbge.org/#/download. Whenever I extract it on my desktop it shows bunch of errors and also after extraction the application won't run.
I am using Windows 10 and ...
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BGE (Blender game engine) doesn't run on my pc
I downloaded BGE from https://upbge.org/#/download here.
A .rar file gets downloaded and I extract that file on the desktop but when I try to open the application inside it, it shows the error that ...
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setuptools fails installing add-on dependency
I have a in-house python add-on tool that requires some 3rd party dependencies to work. One of them, a proprietary one, seems to fail specifically on my machine. With Ubuntu 20.04 where Blender 2.93 ...
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Blender 3 and up won't open on m1mac monterey
Previous version worked fine.
I cannot open 3.01 or get the latest betas to open at all. The error image above appears immediately.
GHOST_ContextCGL::metallnit:newLibraryWithSource:options:error:...
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How can I download the Blender open movies in the highest quality available? [closed]
I have a rural internet connection, which means limited bandwidth and sometimes problems with streaming. Sometimes, for example, we can't stream something to our living room TV because we get frequent ...
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Error with Add-ons Installation_Simply Cloth
The Installation for Add-on Simply-Cloth Pro is somehow problematic. It shows the Error: register-Class(...): already registered as a subclass ´SelecVertexGroup´.
Does somebody know how can i solve ...
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Move a project from 2.93 to 3.0 without causing issues
I have some projects created with 2.93 version. Because of the speed of CycleX, I want to continue my project in 3.0.
In this post , it was said that it's better to continue in the same version to ...
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Installing brushes in Blender 3.0
I am very new to blender. I downloaded some brushed from Poliigon and have now idea how to install them.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave
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How Disable image preview blender files on windows 10?
I accidentally enabled the tool to provide blender image preview files in Windows 10 but wanted to disable it. (I've attached a picture of what I'm talking about)
I've tried uninstalling blender and ...
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Do I need to uninstall my current version prior to 3.0 install?
I'm currently running v2.93.5. I don't want to just install 3.0 without knowing what will happen with my current install.
Will the 2 versions run alongside each other so I can try 3.0 before I fully ...
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Blender 3.0 installation error
I'll cut to the chase, when trying to install blender I get a popup from windows telling me it is an untrusted app with expired certificates. Error code is (0x800B010A)
There is no way to bypass this ...
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Run a script on Blender startup WITH PREFERENCES
Please read before marking as duplicate!
[STORY]
In short: I have a script that needs to run on Blender startup with AddonPreferences.
I'm using app handlers to "tell" it to do stuff on ...
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Blender 2.93 won't work on raspbian buster
I tried to install blender 2.93 on a raspberry pi 4b running raspbian buster, but I only can get version v2.78b, and I can't install the zip file for linux downloaded from the blender website. I need ...
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SWC Mesher Add-on not showing up in Add-ons
I am desperately trying to install one add-on in Blender, however, it will just not show up in the list of Add-ons. Tee Add-on can be obtained here: https://github.com/mcellteam/swc_mesher/tree/master/...
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How to install Scatter 4 pro on a MacBookPro (Blender 2.93)?
I recently purchased scatter 4 pro off the blender exchange and have had some issues installing it. I am running on a 2020 MacBook Pro with macosx and blender 2.93. In terms of summarizing the issue ...
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New Install: Blender 2.93 won't open on Windows 10 [closed]
All I'm getting is a crash window.
This is NEW install (I have never installed Blender on this computer before). Install seems to complete smoothly but when I go to open Blender it crashes immediately....
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