Thread: Run Blender without the "./" in Ubuntu

hello!

when install blender ubuntu repositories

code:

sudo apt-get install blender

can run blender

code:

blender

however, asked around irc channels , recommend against using blender repositories. besides, couldn't latest blender there. should download official site instead. have several questions resulting .tar.bz2 file

1. which (default, or best practices) directory should untar file?
2. how can run blender anywhere in command line? tried setting path variable in .bashrc, editing /etc/environment file, or using export command, still can't run blender anywhere.
3. this question closely related #2. somehow, despite setting path variable, still can't run blender anywhere since requires
   code:

   ./blender

   opposed apt-get install can
   code:

   blender

in advance!

is blender in /usr/bin/ ? if not try creating link , place link in /usr/bin/ give try.

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