#!/bin/bash # ============================================================ # blender-povray.sh — Blender 3D suite + POV-Ray ray-tracer # ============================================================ # Installs Blender (3D modelling, animation, compositing) via # Flatpak and POV-Ray (a classic CPU ray-tracer with its own # scene-description language) via pacman. # # Blender is delivered as a Flatpak to get the upstream official # build with all drivers and Python scripting enabled. # POV-Ray comes from the official Arch repos because it is a # small, self-contained CLI tool with no sandboxing concerns. # # These are grouped together because POV-Ray integrates with # Blender via the Blender2POVray addon, allowing Blender scenes # to be rendered with POV-Ray's photorealistic ray-tracing. # ============================================================ set -euo pipefail # Load shared logging helpers and Flatpak utility functions source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../lib/logging.sh" log "Installing Blender (Flatpak)..." # ensure_flatpak: checks that the flatpak binary and the Flathub remote exist; # idempotent — no-op if already set up. ensure_flatpak # Install Blender from Flathub. The Flatpak edition ships its own Python, # CUDA/HIP compute libraries, and codec support pre-bundled, avoiding # dependency conflicts with the system Python or GPU driver packages. sudo flatpak install --system -y flathub org.blender.Blender # apply_flatpak_theme: sets the cyberqueer GTK theme for Blender's dialogs # (the main 3D viewport uses its own renderer, but file choosers and system # dialogs benefit from a consistent theme). apply_flatpak_theme "org.blender.Blender" # ── POV-Ray via pacman ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # povray: the Persistence Of Vision Raytracer, a mature scene-description- # language-based ray-tracer. Installed system-wide so the `povray` CLI # is available to Blender's POV-Ray export add-on and from the terminal. log "Installing POV-Ray (pacman)..." sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed povray log "Blender and POV-Ray installed."