Install Blender 2.90 On Ubuntu / Linux Mint Via PPA

Blender is a free and open-source application for 3D Computer graphics software products used mainly for creating animated films, visual...

Blender is a free and open-source application for 3D Computer graphics software products used mainly for creating animated films, visual effects, art,3D Printing Models, Video games, and many more.

Blender contains the following features sculpting,3D Modeling, animation, camera tracking, Rendering, Video editing, compositing, and many more.

It is available for multiple operating systems (ie) Windows, Linux, and MacOSX.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install blender 2.90 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS and LinuxMint 19.3

The latest version of Blender is 2.90 and easy to install it via PPA

What's New in Blender 2.90

Follow the link for the complete changelog

So how to install Blender in Ubuntu / Linux Mint? 

Blender can be installed via 3 methods

Method 1: Via PPA
Method 2: Via Snap store
Method 3: Via Flathub

Method 1: Via PPA

Step 1: Add the Official PPA Provided by Blender Team

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender

Step 2:Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install Blender 2.90

sudo apt-get install blender

Method 2: Snap Store

Step 1: Install Snap package to the system

sudo apt install snapd

Step 2: Install Blender using Snap

sudo snap install blender --classic

Method 3: Via Flathub

Step 1: Install Flatpak to your system using this guide based on your distribution.

Step 2: Install Blender using flatpak

flatpak install flathub org.blender.Blender

Step 3: Run Blender

flatpak run org.blender.Blender