How to Install Blender on an Ubuntu 24.04/openSUSE Linux + Intel Arc system

In this video, I demonstrate the quirks and steps involved in installing Blender on Linux using an Intel Arc GPU, starting from the desktop of Kubuntu 24.04. This guide applies to any flavor of Ubuntu 24.04. Follow along as I navigate the challenges of using the distro’s package repo, go over the necessary packages needed that named differently across various distros. Tune in for a step-by-step walkthrough and a demo render proving the success of this setup.
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[@safn1949]

Intel just got back to me and pretty much said they don't know why my A310 doesn't work with Linux Mint. Works fine on Windows, black screen on mint. I just move my DP cable to igpu.

[@CompellingBytes]

Are you using Mint Edge? The new version is coming out in maybe a week, so maybe try it then...

[@safn1949]

@@CompellingBytes No, but it will be a huge hassle to switch right now, as I run my Emby server on this computer. I will, however, look into it, thanks.

[@CompellingBytes]

@@safn1949 you may know this, but in the coming weeks the newest version of Linux Mint will be out and maybe over the next couple of months, at most, you should be able to run a distro upgrade via the commandline.

[@noelkelly4354]

Hi. Did you have any problems running Blender 4.1.1 of Ubuntu 24.04? I am, I think, because Blender 4.1.1 uses python 3.11 and the Ubuntu 24.04 package is 3.12.3

[@CompellingBytes]

4.1.1 should work. It seems 3.6.0 performs the best with Intel Arc, though

[@noelkelly4354]

@@CompellingBytesThanks, I'll try that version. Blender runs fine, but menu options with python behind 'em fail. In my case, it's an add-on's export data functionality.

[@CompellingBytes]

@@noelkelly4354 Interesting, iirc, I used python on openSUSE Tumbleweed to learn how to make graphs and to build the benchmark graphs. openSUSE Tumbleweed is rolling, so the python version probably changes often, though...
Are you familiar with PyEnv? It allows you to run different versions of python within an environment. You can set it globally, or you can set it within a directory. If you haven't already, I would try running the downloaded instance of Blender in a directory configured to run under a given version's environment.
If you need help setting up pyenv, real python has a good guide on the topic.

[@noelkelly4354]

@@CompellingBytes Thanks. I'll keep digging. I'm a beginner on both the Blender and Python fronts, but am an experienced programmer.

[@noelkelly4354]

Found the problem.
The current Cesium Blender add-on is version 1.0.0
It only works with Blender version 2.80 to 2.93 LTS.
I’ve personally tried it with Blender 4.1.1, 3.6 LTS and 2.93 LTS.
Only 2.93 LTS works.
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