#1145333 blender: factory-startup fails due to missing libEGL.so.1 and libGL.so.1

Package:
src:blender
Source:
src:blender
Submitter:
Emanuele Rocca
Date:
2026-08-24 08:35:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1145333#5
Date:
2026-08-24 08:34:17 UTC
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After installing blender in a clean Debian Sid chroot, I tried to start
the program in factory-startup mode:

  $ blender -b --factory-startup -o /tmp/blender-test- -F PNG -f 1
  [...]
  Couldn't open libEGL.so.1: libEGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  Aborted                    (core dumped) blender -b --factory-startup -o /tmp/blender-test- -F PNG -f 1

After installing libegl1, I got the same message but this time about
libGL.so.1. After installing libgl1 as well, blender ran successfully
and the expected cube was rendered under /tmp/blender-test-0001.png.

It seems that the package may need to depend on libEGL and libGL?

This issue can be reproduced on both amd64 and arm64.

Thanks,
  ema