Notes:
Blender 2.47 is the latest release from the Blender Foundation. To download it, please select your platform and location.
Note: The original release files were accidently built without LARGEADDRESSAWARE support. They have now been updated on September, 19th 2008. Click here for the checksums of the new binaries.
For the Windows build, you may need to install this official update. Vista doesn't need this, but users of older Windows versions should install it if they experience a crash during startup of Blender. Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
Requires glibc 2.3.6, includes FFMPG
Suits most recent Linux distributions
Requires Mac OS X 10.3+, Python 2.3
Suits PowerMac G5, Powerbook G4, iMac G5
Requires Mac OS X 10.4+, Python 2.3
Suits Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac (Core Duo) and iMac (Core 2 Duo)
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 2.46 regression suite (40+ demo files): NL USA
Blender 2.43 game demos (graphics): NL USA
Blender 2.43 game demos (physics): NL USA
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.
Download the md5sums to the same directory as the Blender download and run
$ md5sum -c release247.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').
