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1.2. Python On Windows: Procedure 1.1. Option 1: Installing Activepython

ActiveState makes a Windows Installer for Python called ActivePython. It includes a complete version of Python, an IDE with a Pythonaware code editor. The second option is the "official" Python installer, distributed by the developers. It is always current with the latest version of Python.

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1.2. Python On Windows: Procedure 1.1. Option 1: Installing Activepython

ActiveState makes a Windows Installer for Python called ActivePython. It includes a complete version of Python, an IDE with a Pythonaware code editor. The second option is the "official" Python installer, distributed by the developers. It is always current with the latest version of Python.

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1.2.

Python on Windows

On Windows, you have a couple choices for installing Python.

ActiveState makes a Windows installer for Python called ActivePython,


which includes a complete version of Python, an IDE with a Python-
aware code editor, plus some Windows extensions for Python that
allow complete access to Windows-specific services, APIs, and the
Windows Registry.

ActivePython is freely downloadable, although it is not open source. It


is the IDE I used to learn Python, and I recommend you try it unless
you have a specific reason not to. One such reason might be that
ActiveState is generally several months behind in updating their
ActivePython installer when new version of Python are released. If you
absolutely need the latest version of Python and ActivePython is still a
version behind as you read this, you'll want to use the second option
for installing Python on Windows.

The second option is the “official” Python installer, distributed by the


people who develop Python itself. It is freely downloadable and open
source, and it is always current with the latest version of Python.

Procedure 1.1. Option 1: Installing ActivePython

Here is the procedure for installing ActivePython:

1. Download ActivePython from


http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/.
2. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME, you
will also need to download and install Windows Installer 2.0
before installing ActivePython.
3. Double-click the installer, ActivePython-2.2.2-224-win32-ix86.msi.
4. Step through the installer program.
5. If space is tight, you can do a custom installation and deselect
the documentation, but I don't recommend this unless you
absolutely can't spare the 14MB.
6. After the installation is complete, close the installer and choose
Start->Programs->ActiveState ActivePython 2.2->PythonWin
IDE. You'll see something like the following:

PythonWin 2.2.2 (#37, Nov 26 2002, 10:24:37) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]


on win32.

Portions Copyright 1994-2001 Mark Hammond


([email protected]) -

see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.

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Procedure 1.2. Option 2: Installing Python from Python.org

1. Download the latest Python Windows installer by going to


http://www.python.org/ftp/python/ and selecting the highest
version number listed, then downloading the .exe installer.
2. Double-click the installer, Python-2.xxx.yyy.exe. The name will
depend on the version of Python available when you read this.
3. Step through the installer program.
4. If disk space is tight, you can deselect the HTMLHelp file, the
utility scripts (Tools/), and/or the test suite (Lib/test/).
5. If you do not have administrative rights on your machine, you
can select Advanced Options, then choose Non-Admin Install.
This just affects where Registry entries and Start menu shortcuts
are created.
6. After the installation is complete, close the installer and select
Start->Programs->Python 2.3->IDLE (Python GUI). You'll see
something like the following:
Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32

Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

****************************************************************

Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE

makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback

interface. This connection is not visible on any external

interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.

****************************************************************

IDLE 1.0

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