On 18/01/17 02:36, Laura Meldrum wrote: > www.sololearn.com/Play/Python/hoc says to "download the Python 3.x version > that is compatible with your operating system"
So the first question is - what is your operating system? Assuming it is a version of Windows then you next need to find out whether it is 32bit or 64bit. Prior to version 8 you can do that via the MyComputer icon and right-clicking to get the properties dialog. On windows 8 upwards you go to Settings->System->About. Listed in the details will be a note about whether it is 32bit or 64 bit. Now you can go to the python.org web site and navigate to the Python 3.6 Windows Download section https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/ where you should find options like: Windows x86-64 executable installer for 64 bit PCs and Windows x86 executable installer for 32 bit PCs. Download whichever is appropriate. You might want to also download the Windows Help File since that will integrate better with your OS and save you visiting the Python web site as often, but it's not an essential item. Finally, there is an alternative download site that I usually recommend for Windows programmers called Activestate.com and its Python package has some extra tools and features specifically for Windows programmers, but if you are complete programming beginners you probably don't need those yet. > And, What if some students have MACs? Macs have Python installed by defauilt so they can just open a Terminal window and type python at the prompt. This version is fine for learning the basics. BUT it is an older version of Python so you are probably better installing the latest version... On the same download page there is an option: Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer BUT, there are a few issues for Mac users especially if you plan on using the IDLE development environment. In that case I recommend going to the activestate.com web site and downloading their free community editions of Activepython and ActiveTcl for Mac. That should avoid any of the issues. HTH, -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
