Python 2.7.6
Release date: Nov. 10, 2013
Note: Python 2.7.6 has been superseded byPython 2.7.8.
Python 2.7.6 was released on November 10, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfixrelease. Most importantly, it resolvesan issue that caused the interactive prompt tocrash on OS X 10.9. It also includesnumerous bugfixes over 2.7.5.
Download
This is a production release. Pleasereport any bugs you encounter.
We currently support these formats for download:
- Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.7.6)(sig)
- Windows x86 MSI program database (2.7.6)(sig)
- Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.7.6)[1](sig)
- Windows X86-64 MSI program database (2.7.6)[1](sig)
- Windows help file(sig)
- Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer (2.7.6) for Mac OS X10.6 and later[2](sig). [You may need anupdated Tcl/Tk install to run IDLE or use Tkinter, see note 2 for instructions.]
- Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC Installer (2.7.6) for Mac OS X 10.3 andlater[2](sig).
- XZ compressed source tar ball (2.7.6)(sig)
- Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.6)(sig)
The source tarballs are signed with Benjamin Peterson's key, which has key id18ADD4FF. The Windows installer was signed by Martin von Löwis' public key,which has a key id of 7D9DC8D2. The Mac installers were signed with Ned Deily'skey, which has a key id of 6F5E1540. The public keys are located on thedownload page.
MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:
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Resources
About the 2.7 release series
Among the features and improvements to Python 2.6 introduced in the 2.7 seriesare
- An ordered dictionary type
- New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and testdiscovery
- A much faster io module
- Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method
- Float repr improvements backported from 3.x
- Tile support for Tkinter
- A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x
- Set literals
- Set and dictionary comprehensions
- Dictionary views
- New syntax for nested with statements
- The sysconfig module
| [1] | (1,2) The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture (formerly EM64T), i.e. the architecture that Microsoft calls x64, and AMD called x86-64 before calling it AMD64. They will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly IA-64). |
| [2] | (1,2) There isimportant information about IDLE, Tkinter, and Tcl/Tk on Mac OSX here. |
Files
| Version | Operating System | Description | MD5 Sum | File Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gzipped source tar ball | Source release | 1d8728eb0dfcac72a0fd99c17ec7f386 | 14.0 MB | |
| XZ compressed source tar ball | Source release | bcf93efa8eaf383c98ed3ce40b763497 | 9.9 MB | |
| Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC Installer | macOS | for Mac OS X 10.3 and later [2] (sig). | b721f7899e131dfdc0f33d805a90a677 | 19.6 MB |
| Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer | macOS | For Mac OS X 10.6 and later. You may need an updated Tcl/Tk install to run IDLE or use Tkinter, see note 2 for instructions. | a2b0f708dcd5e22148e52ae77c6cdd3e | 19.2 MB |
| Windows help file | Windows | ef628818d054401bdfb186a1faa8b5b6 | 5.7 MB | |
| Windows X86-64 MSI Installer | Windows | b73f8753c76924bc7b75afaa6d304645 | 15.9 MB | |
| Windows X86-64 MSI program database | Windows | e4866ce2f277d1f8e41d6fdf0296799d | 16.6 MB | |
| Windows x86 MSI Installer | Windows | ac54e14f7ba180253b9bae6635d822ea | 15.5 MB | |
| Windows x86 MSI program database | Windows | ec3184d886efdc4c679eeaed5f62643b | 17.4 MB |