Install Blender Add-ons
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CG Meerkat’s addons are available for download from Gumroad (BlenderMarket coming soon) and always are in the form of ZIP files.

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   * - Add-on Name
     - Legacy Variant?
     - Extension Variant?
   * - Origin Wrangler
     - Yes
     - Yes
   * - CycleAcoustics
     - Yes
     - Yes

Should I Get the Legacy Variant or the Extension Variant?
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Starting in Blender 4.2, extensions are the new way of doing add-ons and themes. Legacy add-ons are considered deprecated but continue to be supported.

See here: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.2/advanced/extensions/addons.html#legacy-vs-extension-add-ons

CG Meerkat’s add-ons’ features do not differ between their legacy and extension variants.

Extension Installation
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To install extensions, go to Preferences, click "Get Extensions" in the sidebar, click the "Install from Disk" item in the dropdown menu at the top right, and select the add-on’s .zip file.

Or drag-and-drop an extension .zip package into Blender.

Legacy Add-on Installation
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To install legacy add-ons, go to Preferences, click "Add-ons" in the sidebar, click the "Install from Disk" item in the dropdown menu at the top right, and select the add-on’s .zip file.