If you have a problem installing blender, you may need to install these using your terminal :
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sudo apt-get install libjpeg62
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sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential gettext \
libxi-dev libsndfile1-dev \
libpng12-dev libfftw3-dev \
libopenexr-dev libopenjpeg-dev \
libopenal-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev \
libglu1-mesa-dev libsdl1.2-dev libfreetype6-dev \
libtiff4-dev libavdevice-dev \
libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libjack-dev \
libswscale-dev libx264-dev libmp3lame-dev python3.2-dev \
libspnav-dev
