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This document provides a step-by-step guide for installing Python on a Windows laptop, starting with downloading the installation kit from the official Python website. It details the installation process, including running the installer and testing the installation using IDLE. Additionally, it explains how to install essential packages like numpy, scipy, and matplotlib via the Command Prompt.

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installingPythonOnYourLaptop

This document provides a step-by-step guide for installing Python on a Windows laptop, starting with downloading the installation kit from the official Python website. It details the installation process, including running the installer and testing the installation using IDLE. Additionally, it explains how to install essential packages like numpy, scipy, and matplotlib via the Command Prompt.

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Installing Python on your Windows laptop

Step #1. Download a Python installation kit from the web


Visit the web page https://www.python.org/downloads .
Near the top of the page, it will say “Download the latest version of Python for Windows.” Just
under that, there will be two bright yellow buttons. One is for a version of Python 2, and will say
something like “Download Python 2.7.14.” Do not use that. Instead, find the one labeled
“Download Python 3.6.4” (or something similar), which is for Python 3.
Click that button, and you will be prompted to download the file python-3.6.4.exe to your
Desktop. Do so.
It’s never a bad idea to scan this file with your antivirus tool; hopefully it will be clean.

Step #2. Run the installation kit to install Python


Double-click the python-3.6.4.exe file that you just downloaded. A white rectangular window will
pop up that guides you through the installation process.
To start it off, click on “Install Now” into the folder C:\Users\Joelg\AppData\Local\Programs (with
“JoelG” replaced by your own username on your laptop). You will likely have to click “Yes” when
your laptop asks you whether to give the installation program permission.
After just a minute or two, the installation window should say “Setup was successful”. At that
point, you can hit the “Close” button on the lower right of the window.
Step 3. Test the installation.
Click on the laptop’s Start button to get the full list of available programs. Scroll down to “P” to
find “Python 3.6”. Click on IDLE to launch IDLE. Play with IDLE a bit to ensure that it works, and
then exit from IDLE
Step 4. Install numpy, scipy and matplotlib
While most of the Python packages are installed automatically as part of the installation that you
just did, these three do not; and we will need them for the course. So we will now install them.
You must first launch a Command Prompt window. On my laptop, this is under Windows
System. It launches a black window with white text.
In this window, you now move to the directory where Python is installed
cd C:\Users\Joelg\AppData\Local\Programs\Python
(of course, you should replace the “JoelG” with your own username on your laptop).
If you now type
cd Python36-32\Scripts
then you will be in the right directory to install the three packages. As a double-check, type “dir”,
and it should respond with something like
The important thing is that the “pip3” program is there.
Now type
pip3 install numpy
It may take up to 5 minutes, but should come back with something like

Next, do the same thing to install scipy and matplotlib


pip3 install scipy
pip3 install matplotlib
You should get similar messages for successful installation. You’re now finished!

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