How to install Blender 2.82a on a Chromebook


Update:  Blender 2.90 has been released!  Have a look at our updated tutorial:
https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2020/10/how-to-install-blender-290-on-chromebook.html

Today we are looking at how to install Blender 2.82a or newer on a Chromebook.  Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

Please take note that with the release of Chrome OS 90,  the location of Linux Apps has been changed in the Chromebook’s settings.  Have a look at this tutorial, to see how to turn on Linux apps and then continue with the installation tutorial.

Update: with the release of Chrome OS 96, the Linux container on a Chromebook has been upgraded to a newer version.  Because of this, we need to run one additional command for the application to work, we added it to the list of commands.

Instructions:
1) sudo apt update
2) sudo apt install flatpak
3) sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
4) sudo flatpak install flathub org.blender.Blender
5) sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/bwrap && sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap

Crostini GPU Support URL:
chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support

We also made another video, to install the latest version of Blender, the application response faster than this version but the installation method is trickier, look here

Official Site:
https://www.blender.org/

Release Notes:
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-82/

It is also possible to install Blender 2.79 with an easier method on a Chromebook, look here.

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