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Installation

If you are upgrading from Blender Version Manager:

Since Blender Launcher is written from scratch with a different concept in mind it is strongly recommended not to use a Root Folder as Library Folder. Otherwise delete all builds from Root Folder or move them to %Library Folder%\daily directory.

Installing Blender Launcher

From GitHub:

  1. Download the latest release for your OS from the releases page.
  2. Unpack the Blender Launcher.exe file.

  3. Run Blender Launcher.exe

    for Windows or MacOS users, you might get a security warning, just click on More info and then Run anyway.1

  4. Set your installation preferences, and set the Library Folder

  5. Enjoy!

From the AUR: 2

Install from AUR blender-launcher-v2-bin

Updating Blender Launcher

Manual update

  1. Download latest release for your OS from the releases page
  2. Quit any running instance of Blender Launcher
  3. Unpack the Blender Launcher executable and replace the existing one.
  4. You have succesfully updated. Enjoy!

Automatic update3

  1. Press the Update to version %.%.% button in the right bottom corner of the window.
  2. Blender Launcher will then begin downloading and extracting the new version.
  3. Once this process is finished, wait for 5-30 seconds while the new version is configured.
  4. Once update, Blender Launcher should automatically launch.
  5. You have succesfully updated. Enjoy!

Linux Users

  • Make sure that the OS GLIBC version is 2.27 or higher, otherwise try to build Blender Launcher from source manually following the Development documentation page.
  • Consider installing the TopIcons Plus extension for proper tray icon support.

  1. Because the programs is built using PyInstaller, your antivirus software may give a false positive warning. See FAQ for more. ↩

  2. The AUR packages are based on this repo, but they are not maintained by core contributors of BLV2. It may be out of date. ↩

  3. Automatic updates are not available if you are using a version of the Blender Launcher prior to version 1.15.2.

    To update, you need to do a manual update of Blender Launcher. ↩