B2.61: How do I open up console in my Ubuntu 11.10?

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How do I open up console in my Ubuntu 11.10?

Thanks

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Start blender from terminal - type change to the blender directory and just type “blender”

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Hi agoose77,

Thank you for your very fast response.

I tried your hint, but this is what I get so far:
“The program ‘blender’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install blender”

I didn’t install the B261, I just unzipped the linux version Blender file.

I’m tad confused

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That’s because Blender isn’t in your path, so you have to be a bit more specific that just typing “blender”. If you have Blender in ~/blender, then type “~/blender/blender”

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Xjazz,

when you are in the blender directory, type

./blender

to start the executable in the same directory. If you type blender without ./, the command isn’t looked for in the currect directory, only in the directories specified in your PATH environment variable.

Edit: or type the full path as Moguri said. :slight_smile:

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Little tip ( the “console” is a very powerful tool)
While typing, pressing TAB key will complete your sentence…yes its magic ( well, not all the times)
Bye

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It works now.

Thank you for your great help.