Tested on Ubuntu this script goes out and grabs you a new blender build and puts in in $HOME/Blender Builds/Bleeding Edge. Defaults to gooseberry branch.

Look at the defines at the top for tweekability.

IMPORTANT: You must have wget installed first

To install, in a terminal type:
sudo apt-get install wget

To use:
extract: Upgrade Blender.sh to a directory
open up the file in your text editor to tweak options. See inside the file for more info on that.

Then run:
Most distros you can dbl click and select open in terminal.

Or manually in a terminal:
SUDO access is not required...
sh <path to file>

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Linux

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2014-12-14