Is there a PPA for the latest Blender version?

Solution 1:

You can also use https://launchpad.net/~irie/+archive/blender which is another alternative to the 2.5.x and the 2.4.x

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:irie/blender && sudo apt-get update

For Blender 2.68.x - sudo apt-get install blender

For Blender 2.4.x - sudo apt-get install blender2.4

Please note:

IRIE's PPA has not been updated for 6 months now, I have setup a new one here:

https://launchpad.net/~thomas-schiex/+archive/ubuntu/blender

You can install Blender 2.73rc1 and update as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender

Solution 2:

I've managed to find a PPA for version 2.53 beta:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cheleb/blender-svn && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blender

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/blender-253-beta-3d-graphics.html

Reference: How to use PPAs