How to install Blender 2.81 on a Chromebook

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Update:  Blender 2.90 has been released!  Have a look at our updated tutorial:
https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2020/10/how-to-install-blender-290-on-chromebook.html

Today we are looking at how to install Blender 2.81 or the current version on a Chromebook!  It can be a daunting task, or can even sound impossible but it is!  We created a video for a visual guide as well as an audio guide.  We hope that you will find it helpful.  Please find the instructions below to install Blender, it is the same as those which we used in the video.

 We used Flatpak to install Blender with as we get the latest version, where the version of Blender which is in the Linux repository on your Chromebook is older.

Please take note that with the release of Chrome OS 90,  the location of Linux Apps has been changed in the Chromebook’s settings.  Have a look at this tutorial, to see how to turn on Linux apps and then continue with the installation tutorial.

Update: with the release of Chrome OS 96, the Linux container on a Chromebook has been upgraded to a newer version.  Because of this, we need to run one additional command for the application to work, we added it to the list of commands.
Instructions:
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3) sudo apt update
4) sudo apt install flatpak
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7) sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
8) sudo flatpak install flathub org.blender.Blender
9) sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/bwrap && sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap
Official Site:
https://www.blender.org/

It is also possible to install Blender 2.79 with an easier method on a Chromebook, look here.

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