[Bf-docboard] Linux/Windows installation content
Karsten Dambekalns
bf-docboard@blender.org
Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:10:04 +0100
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Hi!
While digging around in the CVS tree, I came across the installation
chapter. Although I volunteered to write Linux source installation
instructions, I had a start with binary installation for Windows and
Linux.
I shamelessly "borrowed" from the Max OC X section, and did this real
quick - so bare with me. There sure are kmore things to add, especially
when it comes to adding menu entries for KDE or GNOME, etc.
Anyway, it's a start.
Regards,
Karsten
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<chapter id='chapter_installation'><title>Installation</title>
<section>
<title>Downloading and installing the binary distribution</title>
<!-- OSX installation -->
<section id='installation_osx'>
<title>OSX</title>
<section>
<title>Quick Install</title>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1.zip" from the
downloads section of the Blender Website. Extract it by double-clicking the
file, if it does not automatically extract as it downloads. Open the folder
"blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1" and double-click the "blenderpublisher"
icon to start it. Drag the "blenderpublisher" icon to the Dock to make an
alias there.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>In-depth Instructions</title>
<para>Blender Publisher is available from the Blender Web site
(<ulink url='http://www.blender.org/'>http://www.blender.org/</ulink>) in source form, and as a binary for Mac OSX.
Unless you have problems running the binary, you will not need to download
and compile the sources. From the downloads page, choose the
"NaN Blender Publisher 2.25" link. Next, select the "Blender executables"
link. You will not need a Publisher Key file for OS X.</para>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1.zip" from
the downloads section of the Blender Website. If you use Internet Explorer,
the file will download and be automatically extracted with Stuffit(R)
(<ulink url='http://www.stuffit.com/'>http://www.stuffit.com/</ulink>) to a folder on your Desktop named
"blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1". If you use Netscape, you will be
prompted to choose whether to download the file or have it automatically
extracted with Stuffit(R). If you choose to have Stuffit(R) extract it,
it will be extracted to a folder on your Desktop named
"blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1". If you choose to download it,
select a location and click "Save". Then navigate to the location you
saved the file in and double-click it to have Stuffit(R) open it in that
location. It will extract the files to a folder named
"blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1".</para>
<para>Open the "blender-publisher-2.25-mac-osx-10.1" folder, and
double-click the "blenderpublisher" icon to run Blender. You can also
open your hard drive (the Macintosh HD icon on your Desktop), and open
your Applications, then drag the "blenderpublisher" icon from the original
folder to the Applications folder. If you wish to leave the original
"blenderpublisher" file and make a copy in the Applications folder, hold
the option key while dragging. If you wish to make an alias to the
original "blenderpublisher" program, hold both the option and command
keys while dragging the icon.</para>
<para>You can also place the binary, a copy of the binary or an alias
to the binary on your Desktop instead of the Applications folder, or
put an alias on your Dock simply by dragging the program icon down to
the Dock.</para>
</section>
</section>
<!-- Windows installation -->
<section id='installation_windows'>
<title>Windows</title>
<section>
<title>Quick Install</title>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-windows.exe" from the
downloads section of the Blender Website. Start the installation by
double-clicking the file. This presents you with some questions,
for which the defaults should be ok. After setup is complete, you
can start Blender right away, or use the entry in the Start menu.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>In-depth Instructions</title>
<para>Blender Publisher is available from the Blender Web site
(<ulink url='http://www.blender.org/'>http://www.blender.org/</ulink>) in source
form, and as a binary for Microsoft Windows.
Unless you have problems running the binary, you will not need to download
and compile the sources. From the downloads page, choose the
"NaN Blender Publisher 2.25" link. Next, select the "Blender executables"
link. You will not need a Publisher Key.</para>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-windows.exe" from
the downloads section of the Blender Website. Choose to download it (if prompted),
select a location and click "Save". Then navigate to the location you
saved the file in and double-click it to start the installation.</para>
<para>After accepting the license, select a place to install the files
to (the default should do well), and click "Next" to install Blender.
Afterwards you will be asked whether you want to start Blender immediately.
Blender is now installed and can be started by means of the Start menu (an entry
named "Blender Publisher" has been created by the setup routine) or by
double-clicking a Blender file (*.blend).</para>
</section>
</section>
<!-- Linux installation -->
<section id='installation_linux'>
<title>Linux</title>
<section>
<title>Quick Install</title>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-linux-glibc2.1.2.tar.gz" from the
downloads section of the Blender Website. Unpack the archive to a location of
your choice. This will create a directory named
"blender-publisher-2.25-linux-glibc2.1.2-i386",
in which you will find the "blenderpublisher" and "blenderplayer" executables.
To start blender just open a shell and execute "blenderpublisher", when running
X.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>In-depth Instructions</title>
<para>Blender Publisher is available from the Blender Web site
(<ulink url='http://www.blender.org/'>http://www.blender.org/</ulink>) in source
form, and as a binary for Linux.
Unless you have problems running the binary, you will not need to download
and compile the sources. From the downloads page, choose the
"NaN Blender Publisher 2.25" link. Next, select the "Blender executables"
link.</para>
<para>Download the file "blender-publisher-2.25-linux-glibc2.1.2.tar.gz" from
the downloads section of the Blender Website. Choose to download it (if prompted),
select a location and click "Save". Then navigate to the location you wish
blender to install to (e.g. /usr/local/) and unpack the archive (with
"tar xzf /path/to/blender-publisher-2.25-linux-glibc2.1.2.tar.gz").
If you like, you can rename the resulting directory from
"blender-publisher-2.25-linux-glibc2.1.2-i386" to something shorter, e.g. just
"blender".</para>
<para>Blender is now installed and can be started on the command line
by entering "/path/to/blenderpublisher" followed by pressing the enter key.</para>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>(others)</title><para>(to be written)</para></section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Building Blender from the sources</title>
<section><title>Introduction</title><para>(to be written)</para></section>
<section><title>Windows</title><para>(to be written)</para></section>
<section><title>Linux</title><para>(to be written)</para></section>
<section><title>(others)</title><para>(to be written)</para></section>
</section>
</chapter>
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