No CUDA option in repository version of Blender I know there are a lot of threads concerning CUDA and GPU-rendering in Blender, but I haven't figured out yet why my installed Blender(2.70) from the repository offers no choice of the rendering-hardware but the bundle you get from blender.org does?

I'm currently using Linux Mint 16 64bit but I observed that fact on Ubuntu 12.04 as well. But on Ubuntu 14.04 the CUDA-option is active on both versions of Blender.

So my system has the necessary drivers to go on with the GPU, the question is, where do I start to fix the repository version, cause I'd like to link the blend-files..
I've just made an install of Linux Mint 16 64bit (with the Mate window manager) and have Blender3D working with CUDA.

Here is what did:
1: After installation of Linux Mint 16 64bit I did an update (many files)
2: Reboot.
3: Enabled the proprietary Nvidia-driver
4: With the Software Manager I installed the CUDA Toolkit (nvidia-cuda-toolkit)
5: Reboot.
6: Install Blender 3D
7: In Blender 3D CUDA was now available.

I'm not sure if nr.4 and nr.6 can be switched ... but you can try.