hi there, thanks for your help. the official 2.78c version runs fine.
I've checked it, libbz2 is installed.
I'm not a beginner in linux, but also not a pro. And I have honestly no idea how to make a symlink?? Too complicated for me - I've only mastered the art of double-clicking so far, but in this I'm really good
I have another machine running on linux mint 18.1, installs without any issues - although octane is slower than on windows, specially the refresh of the render-viewport is much, much faster on windows 10. Have you experienced the same?
I don't know how experienced you are but would it be possible for you guys to create an AppImage version from Blender Octane??? With this I could basically run it on every distro. Krita for example offers this. Amazing stuff... Just double-clicking, as I said before
Cheers