Re: Python download for windows

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/9/2020 6:16 AM, Mike Dewhirst wrote:

Python isn't an ordinary program as understood by (most) Windows users.
It needs a command-prompt in which to run interactively.


Or, one can click the lower left Windows Start icon, find and click 
'Python 3.8' (for instance) under 'P', and select either 'IDLE (Python 
3.8)', which I recommend for beginners*, or 'Python 3.8'.  Still, one 
should eventually learn to use Command-Prompt, but some schools do not 
teach it and one can work for years without it.


* On the IDLE menu, select Help and IDLE Help for the doc.


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RE: Python download for windows

[Mike Dewhirst]

HilaryPython isn't an ordinary program as understood by (most) Windows users.It 
needs a command-prompt in which to run interactively. In other words, after 
successful installation, open a command prompt (aka DOS prompt) and type 
"python". It should open, announce itself and display its characteristic prompt 
>>>Your daughter will write programs in files with names. If a file has an 
extension .py and it is double-clicked (when seen in its directory/folder in 
Windows explorer) it will be executed by Windows using the installed Python. 
You don't have to worry. That is your daughter's problem.You really should 
adjust Windows explorer so it doesn't hide file extensions. Hope this 
helpsCheersMike
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 Date: 9/3/20  20:08  (GMT+10:00) To: 
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asked to download python so our daughter can complete her homework, only once 
we have down loaded it keeps going to "set up" and even after completing 
"modify" or "repair" it goes back to set 
up.https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-382/ -this is what we have 
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Re: Python download for windows

[Bob Gailer]

:> You talk only about downloading - and the link you gave leads to the
download page as a whole, so we can't guess the OS you - or your daughter -
use.

the subject line explicitly states "download for Windows"

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Re: Python download for windows

[Sibylle Koczian]

Am 09.03.2020 um 10:08 schrieb Hilary Ilsley:

Hello

We have been asked to download python so our daughter can complete her homework, only once we have down 
loaded it keeps going to "set up" and even after completing "modify" or 
"repair" it goes back to set up.
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-382/ -this is what we have 
downloaded.

Any advice?



Sorry, no advice, we'd need more information. Main questions:

You talk only about downloading - and the link you gave leads to the 
download page as a whole, so we can't guess the OS you - or your 
daughter - use.


One guess, because that's quite a frequent problem, at least on Windows: 
did you perhaps try to start the installer a second time instead of 
Python itself? The symptoms you describe would fit this case.


Some possibly helpful links:

https://docs.python.org/3/faq/windows.html

That's still supposing your daughter uses Windows. If yes, then the 
first entry might be enough to get her started.


https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html

More about installing and using Python on Linux, Windows and Mac. If 
it's Windows then perhaps the Microsoft Store package might be easier to 
use? I don't know it myself, but the description looks promising.


HTH
Sibylle


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Re: Python download for windows

[Bob Gailer]

On Mar 9, 2020 5:22 AM, "Hilary Ilsley" 
wrote:
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> Hello
>
> We have been asked to download python so our daughter can complete her
homework, only once we have down loaded it keeps going to "set up" and even
after completing "modify" or "repair" it goes back to set up.

You're getting that response because you are re-running the installer
rather than running python.

Take a look at
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html#invoking-the-interpreter

There is a section explicitly for Windows.
Whoever asked you to download python has made the incorrect assumption that
you could figure out what to do. That's not your fault. You might want to
tell them about your experience and ask them for guidance.

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Python download for windows

[Hilary Ilsley]

Hello

We have been asked to download python so our daughter can complete her 
homework, only once we have down loaded it keeps going to "set up" and even 
after completing "modify" or "repair" it goes back to set up.
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-382/ -this is what we have 
downloaded.

Any advice?


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