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Downloads:

1,161,328

Downloads of v 2.78.1:

2,080

Last Update:

18 Feb 2017

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Blender Foundation

Tags:

3d rendering foss cross-platform modeling animation admin

Blender

This is not the latest version of Blender available.

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2.78.1 | Updated: 18 Feb 2017

Downloads:

1,161,328

Downloads of v 2.78.1:

2,080

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Blender Foundation

Blender 2.78.1

This is not the latest version of Blender available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Blender Foundation. The inclusion of Blender Foundation trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Blender Foundation goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Pending


Verification Testing Exemption:

Times out in verifier, works in Chocolatey Test Environment

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Blender, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Blender, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Blender, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade blender -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.78.1'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade blender -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.78.1'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install blender
  win_chocolatey:
    name: blender
    version: '2.78.1'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'blender' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2.78.1'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller blender
{
    Name     = "blender"
    Version  = "2.78.1"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'blender':
  ensure   => '2.78.1',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator Redsandro on 18 Feb 2017.

Description

Blender is a free and open-source professional-grade 3D computer graphics and video compositing program.

Realistic Materials

Realistic Materials

Fluid Simulations

Fluid Simulations

Features

  • Blender is a fully integrated 3D content creation suite, offering a broad range of essential tools:
    • Modeling
    • Rendering
    • Animation
    • Video Editing and Compositing
    • Texturing
    • Rigging
    • Simulations
    • Game Creation.
  • Cross platform, with an OpenGL GUI that is uniform on all major platforms (and customizable with Python scripts).
  • High-quality 3D architecture enabling fast and efficient creation work-flow.
  • Excellent community support from forums and IRC.
  • Small executable size, optionally portable.

tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = 'blender'
  fileType       = 'msi'
  softwareName   = 'Blender'

  checksum       = 'f31f2af341d447ead18ca4b42b438db01d1f54a576ec8d86d619d5e604322436'
  checksum64     = 'c942270486b92479bcdd78a9ae2da6d96e9b49545155695b41619d9896b63018'
  checksumType   = ''
  checksumType64 = ''
  url            = 'http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/graphics/blender/release/Blender2.78/blender-2.78b-windows32.msi'
  url64          = 'http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/graphics/blender/release/Blender2.78/blender-2.78b-windows64.msi'

  silentArgs     = '/quiet /norestart'
  validExitCodes = @(0)
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';

[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName 'Blender'

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
  $key | % {
    $file = "$($_.UninstallString)"

    $packageArgs = @{
      packageName    = 'blender'
      fileType       = 'MSI'
      silentArgs     = "$($_.PSChildName) /qn /norestart"
      validExitCodes = @(0)
      file           = ''
    }

    Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
  }
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
  Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
  Write-Warning "$key.Count matches found!"
  Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
  Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
  $key | % {Write-Warning "- $_.DisplayName"}
}

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

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Blender 2.91.2 13376 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Approved
Blender 2.91.0 17797 Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.90.1 20363 Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.90.0 10509 Monday, August 31, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.5 6788 Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.4 5966 Saturday, August 8, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.3 8211 Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.2 5995 Thursday, July 9, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.1 4566 Thursday, June 25, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.83.0 5314 Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Approved
Blender 2.82.1 9757 Friday, March 13, 2020 Approved
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Blender 2.81.1 9223 Saturday, December 7, 2019 Approved
Blender 2.81 4542 Monday, November 25, 2019 Approved
Blender 2.80 11873 Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Approved
Blender 2.79.2 20139 Monday, March 26, 2018 Approved
Blender 2.79.1 3243 Saturday, March 10, 2018 Approved
Blender 2.79 6938 Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Approved
Blender 2.79.0 704 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
Blender 2.78.2 4121 Friday, April 7, 2017 Approved
Blender 2.78.1 2080 Saturday, February 18, 2017 Approved
Blender 2.78 2769 Friday, October 28, 2016 Approved
Blender 2.77.1 5298 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Approved
Blender 2.77 1088 Saturday, March 19, 2016 Approved
Blender 2.76.2 2318 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Approved
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Blender 2.75 634 Saturday, July 4, 2015 Approved
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Blender 2.73.1 1353 Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Approved
Blender 2.73 894 Thursday, January 8, 2015 Approved
Blender 2.72.2 1199 Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.72.1 705 Friday, October 17, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.72 761 Sunday, October 5, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.71.20140809 1076 Saturday, August 9, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.71 864 Thursday, June 26, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.70.1.20140513 791 Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.70.1 772 Saturday, April 12, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.70 747 Thursday, March 20, 2014 Approved
Blender 2.69 1165 Friday, November 1, 2013 Approved
Blender 2.68.1 707 Thursday, July 25, 2013 Approved
Blender 2.67.2 687 Thursday, June 20, 2013 Approved
Blender 2.67.1 649 Thursday, June 6, 2013 Approved
Blender 2.66.1 717 Thursday, April 18, 2013 Approved
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