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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T20:42:52+00:00 2026-05-26T20:42:52+00:00

I need to run Python 2.7 on my Mac Snow Leopard, which has Python

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I need to run Python 2.7 on my Mac Snow Leopard, which has Python 2.6 installed. According to this answer, running the Python 2.7 mpkg installer from Python.org should get me there.

The reason I need to do this is that I’m trying to run the Google App Engine SDK for the Python 2.7 runtime.

After installing Python 2.7, I’m still getting the following warning in my GAE server log:

Warning: You are using a Python runtime (2.6) that is older than the
production runtime environment (2.7).

What else must I do to get the GAE SDK to recognize the new Python version?

EDIT 2:

Running:

$ sudo find / -name python2.7

I get:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
/usr/local/bin/python2.7

According to the answers I went into GoogleAppLauncher -> Preferences and set the Python path to each of these, and each time I get the exact same error.

Running dev_appserver with the following flags:
–admin_console_server= –port=8081 Python command: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7 2011-11-14
16:12:24.726 GoogleAppEngineLauncher[57590:203] *** NSTask: Task
create for path ‘/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7’
failed: 22, “Invalid argument”. Terminating temporary process.

Another Wierd thing is, it always tries to resolve to the same path, no matter which of those I plug in; It always reverts to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7

EDIT 3:

OK, after entering the paths into the prefs field repeatedly, I finally just cleared it out, and somehow it’s now pointing to the right place:

Running dev_appserver with the following flags:
    --admin_console_server= --port=8081
Python command: /usr/local/bin/python2.7
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    2026-05-26T20:42:53+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 8:42 pm

    Open the GAE launcher preferences and set the Python Path option to the fresh installed Python 2.7, in your case /usr/local/bin/python2.7 .

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