Blender package in the repo is out of date

Question

Blender 2.49 has bean out for some time, yet the package in the repository is still at version 2.48a. On other distros(Ubuntu) I normally compile Blender from SVN, but Arch has previously kept up with the fast release cycle, though not with 2.49 apparently.

Answer 1

This builds the latest version for me. It may not be perfect, but it might be a start. It's based of an old script I had. Also, I have scripts for the Sim Physics branch (which has volumetrics) and the upcoming 2.5 branch (which ain't quite ready for prime time testing but has much of the new UI stuff)
Note: IT BUILDS FROM SVN, so it builds the LATEST release from SVN -- it's "bleeding edge" on the stable trunk!
pkgname=blender-svn
pkgver=14890
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="SVN version of Blender (called bf-blender)"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://blender.org/"
depends=('openexr' 'libxi' 'libjpeg' 'libpng' 'ffmpeg' 'gettext' 'python' 'desktop-file-utils')
makedepends=('scons' 'subversion' 'sed')
provides=('blender')
conflicts=('blender')
license="GPL"
install=blender.install
source=(blender.sh blender.desktop blender.png)
md5sums=('e1bd54aaeedfbd934e532b6cad8c44f0' 'aa587d90d9ed14fc3548d1a1e882d853'\
'2718ae258377bcc9c9942c28110ee89e')
_svnroot="https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/blender"
_svnmod="blender"
build() {
# Get the sources
cd $startdir/src
msg "Connecting to blender SVN server......."
#svn co $_svnroot $_svnmod -r $pkgver || return 1
svn co $_svnroot $_svnmod || return 1
msg "SVN checkout done"
cd $startdir/src/$_svnmod
scons || return 1
# so, now we compile some plugins
mv -f $startdir/src/install/linux2/plugins/* \
$startdir/src/$_svnmod/source/blender/blenpluginapi/
cd $startdir/src/$_svnmod/source/blender/blenpluginapi
chmod 755 bmake
make
# And...Install!!!
cd $startdir/src/install/linux2
install -D -m755 blender $startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/$_svnmod
cp -R .blender/locale $startdir/pkg/usr/share/
install -m644 .blender/.bfont.ttf $startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/.bfont.ttf
install -m644 .blender/.Blanguages $startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/.Blanguages
cp -R .blender/scripts $startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/plugins/{sequence,texture}
cp $startdir/src/$_svnmod/source/blender/blenpluginapi/sequence/*.so \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/plugins/sequence/
cp $startdir/src/$_svnmod/source/blender/blenpluginapi/texture/*.so \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/$_svnmod/plugins/texture/
install -D -m755 $startdir/src/blender.sh $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/$_svnmod
install -D -m644 $startdir/src/$_svnmod.desktop \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/$_svnmod.desktop
install -D -m644 $startdir/src/$_svnmod.png $startdir/pkg/usr/share/pixmaps/$_svnmod.png