setup_blender.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define the Blender version and download URL
BLENDER_VERSION="4.2.0"
BLENDER_TARBALL="blender-${BLENDER_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
BLENDER_URL="https://download.blender.org/release/Blender4.2/blender-${BLENDER_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
INSTALL_DIR="/opt/blender-${BLENDER_VERSION}-linux-x64"

# Download Blender
wget -O /tmp/${BLENDER_TARBALL} ${BLENDER_URL}

# Extract to /opt
tar -xvf /tmp/${BLENDER_TARBALL} -C /opt

# Create a symbolic link to the Blender executable
ln -s ${INSTALL_DIR}/blender /usr/local/bin/blender

# Clean up the tarball
rm /tmp/${BLENDER_TARBALL}