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Documentation
Notes:
•The download package contains a blender.html file with installation instructions and a quick survival guide for new users.
•Users with Intel on-board graphics: some graphics operations (menus or border select) don't show due to driver bug.
Regression Files
Regression files are .blend examples showing systematically all features we test before doing a release. This is a good reference for bug hunting, but also a valuable demo overview for new users.
Blender 2.49 regression suite (50+ demo files): NL USA
Blender 2.49 Game Engine regression suite:
NL USA
Blender 2.43 game demos (graphics): NL USA
Blender 2.43 game demos (physics): NL USA
Installation instructions
To install Blender, download the appropriate package for your platform to your computer. The Windows version comes with an optional self-extracting installer, for other operating systems you can unpack the compressed file to the location of your choice.
Provided the Blender binary is in the original extracted directory, Blender will run straight out of the box. No system libraries or system preferences are altered.
MD5 checksum
Download the md5sums to the same directory as the Blender download and run
$ md5sum -c release249b.md5
to verify the integrity of the download. You can safely ignore the warnings about missing files. (Windows users can do this too with a Cygwin installation, or google for 'md5sum win32').
Blender 2.49b (stable)
Blender 2.49b is the latest release from the Blender Foundation. To download it, please select your platform and location. Blender is Free & Open Source Software.
(For the 2.5 test builds check this page)
Windows 32 bits
Blender 2.49b Installer (10.5 MB)
Requires Windows 2000/XP/Vista, built with Python 2.6
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2 | Asia
Blender 2.49b Zip Archive (15 MB)
Requires Windows 2000/XP/Vista, built with Python 2.6
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2 | Asia
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Windows 64 bits
(no installer yet)
Blender 2.49b Zip Archive (13.5 MB)
Requires Windows XP/Vista 64bit
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2
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Note: This version requires Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistribution Package (x64). (about 5MB)
The 64bit release of Blender for Windows is still in a development stage: it doesn't support all possible features yet, like FFMPEG, OpenAL and Quicktime.
Linux x86-32
Blender 2.49b, Python 2.5 (18 MB)
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2
Blender 2.49b, Python 2.6 (18 MB)
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
USA | Germany | NL 1| NL 2
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Ubuntu 9.04 .deb package (with FFMPG)
USA | Germany | NL 1
Linux x86-64
Blender 2.49b, Python 2.5 (19 MB)
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2
Blender 2.49b, Python 2.6 (16 MB)
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2
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Ubuntu 9.04 .deb package ( with FFMPG)
USA | Germany | NL 1
Mac OS X
Blender 2.49b, PowerPC (14 MB)
Requires Mac OS X 10.3+, Python 2.3
Suits PowerMac G5, Powerbook G4, iMac G5
USA | Germany | NL 1| NL 2
Without FFMPG!
Blender 2.49b, Intel (24 MB)
Suits Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac (Core Duo) and iMac (Core 2 Duo).
Mac OS X 10.5, Python 2.5
USA | Germany | NL 1 | NL 2
Mac OS X 10.4, Python 2.3
USA | Germany | NL 1
Solaris
Blender 2.49b, Python 2.5 (20 MB)
Requires Solaris 2.10 / Sparc
USA | NL
Irix
Blender 2.49a, Python 2.5 (20 MB)
Requires Irix 6.5
USA | Germany | Australia | NL
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