Question

Does blender 2.60a work with python 2.7?

when i launch blender it shows me

found bundled python 2.7 in program file...something like this... 

but on the blender site it says that i must have python 3.2, so how did that happen?

Answer 1

Newer versions of Blender only work with Python 3. For this reason they give you a full copy of a Python version that they know will work. If you wanted to run Blender with a 2.x version of Python you would have to convert the source and modules to 2.x compatible code and then recompile.

Your system may have a 2.x version, but Blender will still use its own. Keep in mind that your using an Alpha version… it wouldn’t be all that supprising if it doesn’t work how it should.

If you want to test which version it’s using, write a simple script inside Blender, like this:

print "If you're using 3.x this will give an error"