OctaneRender™ for Blender 1.53 - 4.9 beta Linux [OBSOLETE]

[afecelis]

Hi Synthercat,
I tried building blender from source but unfortunately 14.04 comes with a lot of newer libraries that generate several conflicts and compiling errors, this also occurs if you try to build JimStar's source, so this is what I'm doing so far in order to make it work in ubuntu 14.04.
1. Install octaneblender's .sh script as usual
2. If you try to run OctaneBlender from a terminal (./OctaneBlender) in /usr/local/OctaneBlender the 1st error you'll get is with boost 1.51, so...
3. Download Boost 1.51 from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/f ... st/1.51.0/
4. Follow instructions to build it properly from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1180792
5. don't do a "./bootstrap.sh --with-library=xxxxxx", simply run "./bootstrap.sh" and follow the instructions further on.
6. After having the required boost libraries installed, try to run octaneblender again from terminal. Next error is with libtiff, so...
7. 14.04 provides libtiff5 but not libtiff4 (up to saucy 13.10), follow the answer in this post to install the older version, answer is for the program "lightworks" but it works the same for octane: http://askubuntu.com/questions/449571/d ... rks-on-ubu
8. Try to run octaneblender, once more, from terminal. Next error is with a jpeg library (can't remember which one specifically right now), install it (the one reported in terminal as missing) using synaptic, just like a regular install, the version that comes with 14.04 works OK.I think it's "libjpeg62".(or open a terminal and run "sudo apt-get install libjpeg62").
9. Try to run OctaneBlender once more and... voila! OctaneBlender runs fine now!
10. Now, this is just for me to be able to create a shortcut (launcher)on the desktop. In a terminal, do a "sudo cp -a /usr/local/OctaneBlender /home/youruser" to copy the entire folder with its attributes to your home folder.
11. Now in a terminal again, and in your home folder, do a "sudo chmod -R 777 OctaneBlender" to gain full access to the octaneblender folder.
12. Create a shortcut (new launcher) on your desktop with the blender executable located in your home folder.
13. This way when you run "OctaneServer &" in a terminal it will still launch the server from the original installation in /usr/local, but then you can simply launch blender from the shortcut recently created on your desktop.

That's it. Let me know if it worked for you or if you need any further help.

regards,
Alvaro

[Synthercat]

Thank you Afecelis! I merged your guide with what I used to do and I made this.

THE EASY GUIDE of how to make OctaneBlender run for mint(should work for Ubuntu and others too) latest versions :

1. Download OctaneBlender from this thread
2. Open up a terminal and go to your download place
3. Type the folowing to install it

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sudo sh octane_blender_1.53-4.9-beta.run -i

Time to start linking & downloading some libs

4. Go to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
5. link libboost_filesystem.so.1.51.0 like this :

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sudo ln -s libboost_filesystem.so.1.54.0 libboost_filesystem.so.1.51.0

Some of the other libs are not there yes so we have to get them. Leave the terminal open because you are going to do some more work to this folder
6. Run the program Software Manager and type "boost" in search
7. Install libboost-regex1.54.0 libboost-system1.54.0 libboost-thread1.54.0
8. Link them in the terminal like this :

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sudo ln -s libboost_regex.so.1.54.0 libboost_regex.so.1.51.0 && sudo ln -s libboost_system.so.1.54.0 libboost_system.so.1.51.0 && sudo ln -s libboost_thread.so.1.54.0 libboost_thread.so.1.51.0

9. Go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/amd64/ ... 4/download and select a mirror to download
10. Once again go to your download location with Terminal
11. Install with this :

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sudo dpkg -i ./libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb

12. Type this in terminal too!

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sudo apt-get install libjpeg62

13. Open up Nemo (the file broswer) select "File System" on the left and open up a folder named "proc"
14. Press Ctrl+f and search for "libIlmImf.so.6"
15. Go to that folder with the Terminal and type :

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sudo ln -s libIlmImf.so.6 libIlmImf.so

There you go! You can now go to /usr/local/OctaneBlender type ./blender and run it, but why don't we create a launcher to it? And why don't we make this editable in case the BlenderOctane folder is changed?


1. Create somewhere at home a file called blenderstart (or by what name you wish, I prefer to have it in a hidden folder)
2. Type this in that file :

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OctaneServer &
/usr/local/OctaneBlender/blender

3. Save it and close it
4. Right click anywhere on your desktop and select "Create a new launcher here..."
5. Type "OctaneBlender" for name (or any name you want)
6. Click Browse and pick the blenderstart file you just created
7. Add a comment like "Octane powered Blender"!
8. Pick an icon (I have one atached to this post)
9. CLICK LAUNCH IN TERMINAL
10. Click ok and if Mint asks you to also create a menu button say yes!

Now you can :
- Run Oct-blender through your launcher
- Run Oct-blender through your menu
- Go to your blenderstart file and edit it (if a future blender release goes to another folder)

Be happy!

[mac3d]

Hi,i have this problem when launching Octaneserver &
/usr/local/OctaneBlender$ OctaneServer: symbol lookup error: OctaneServer: undefined symbol: _ZN6Octane20apiMode_Shared_startEbPPKc
Help you me please

[Synthercat]

Hi,i have this problem when launching Octaneserver &

Check out the spelling on the "s". It should be "S"

[mac3d]

Thanks for the reply .. With the previous version of Octaneblender this problem does not exist for me

[afecelis]

Whoah Synthercat!
That is THE BIBLE of how to get OctaneBlender to run on Mint/Ubuntu, lol!

Thanks a lot for the post, there's a lot of valuable information in it, I'm copying it right away. And thanks for showing how to create a launcher the right way!

Regards,

Alvaro

[Synthercat]

I hate to "nag" but, 12 weeks passed since last blender-linux update...
I hope that this comunity does not be left out cause I am thinking of updating soon

[afecelis]

One month later I have to agree with Synthercat. JS any "sugar" for us blenderheads?

[JimStar]

Next version HERE.