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| Installing from Steam | |||||
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| Steam is a software distribution platform. Blender can be downloaded and updated using the Steam client | |||||
| by following the steps described below on Linux, macOS, or Windows. | |||||
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| Download the `Steam client <https://store.steampowered.com/>`__ for your operating system. | |||||
| Once installed, open the client and login to your Steam account, or create one if you haven't already. | |||||
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| Once logged in, navigate to the *Store* tab, search for "Blender", and press the green installation button. | |||||
| Blender should now be available in the *Library* tab of the Steam client. | |||||
Done Inline Actions'install it to your system' → 'press the Install button'. This manual is supposed to explain how to install Blender via Steam. It's a nitpick, but IMO an installation manual shouldn't say "install the software" ;-) sybren: 'install it to your system' → 'press the Install button'. This manual is supposed to explain… | |||||
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> Once logged in, navigate to the *Store*… | |||||
| A shortcut for Blender can be added to your desktop by navigating to the *Library* tab in Steam, | |||||
| :kbd:`RMB` on Blender and select :menuselection:`Manage --> Add desktop shortcut`. | |||||
| .. seealso:: | |||||
| When installing Blender from Steam on Linux and Windows, the .blend filename extension will not | |||||
| be automatically associated with Blender. To associate .blend files with Blender, see the processes | |||||
| described on the :doc:`Linux <./linux>` and :doc:`Windows <./windows>` installation pages. | |||||
| Updating with Steam | |||||
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| When an update for Blender is available on Steam, Steam will automatically update Blender for you. | |||||
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