Setting up Python in Windows 1. Installing Python under Windows 1. In fact, this post follows closely on my previous entries about installing Python under Windows 7 and under Windows 8. The biggest difference here is that were going to work with Python 3 instead of Python 2. Ready Heres your quick guide Set up Python on Windows 1. Visit the official Python download page and grab the Windows installer for the latest version of Python 3. The official home of the Python Programming Language. A couple of notes Python is currently available in two versions Python 2 and Python 3. For beginners, that can be confusing. In short, Python 3 is where the language is going Python 2 has a large base of existing users but isnt developing beyond bug fixes. Read this for more. Puzzle Vector Art. By default, the installer provides the 3. Theres also a 6. Ive generally stuck with 3. Run the installer. Youll have two options choose Customize Installation. On the next screen, check all boxes under Optional Features. Click next. Next, under Advanced Options, set the location where you want to install Python. XHk.jpg' alt='Python Call External Program Windows' title='Python Call External Program Windows' />For ease, I use That refers to an installation of 3. Python 3. 5. 5. Next, set the systems PATH variable to include directories that include Python components and packages well add later. To do this Open the Control Panel easy way click in the Windows search on your task bar and type Control Panel then click the icon. In the Control Panel, search for Environment click Edit the System Environment Variables. Then click the Environment Variables button. In the User Variables section, we will need to either edit an existing PATH variable or create one. If you are creating one, make PATH the variable name and add the following directories to the variable values section as shown, separated by a semicolon. How can I call an external command as if Id typed it at the Unix shell or Windows command prompt from within a Python script 2. Builtin Functions The Python interpreter has a number of functions built into it that are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. In this article Ill explain how you can setup your Windows 10 machine for some extreme Python development. UPDATE Here is a video version of the tutorial. Hi Anthony. I installed python 2. Everything was fine until I wanted to print from my program, Then I got ImportError. So Im starting like Python a bit, but Im having trouble erm. Lol Im using IDLE for now, but its no use whatsoever because you can only run a couple of. If youre editing an existing PATH, the values are presented on separate lines in the edit dialog. Click New and add one directory per line. C Python. 35 3. C Python. Php The mbstring package adds UTF8 aware string functions with mb prefixes. We assume that os, re, and sys are always imported. Grammar and Execution. RqY.jpg' alt='Python Call External Program Windows' title='Python Call External Program Windows' />Libsite packages C Python. ScriptsC Python. C Python. Libsite packages C Python. Scripts6. Now, you can open a command prompt Start Menu  Windows System Command Prompt and type That will load the Python interpreter Python 3. Dec 6 2. 01. 5, 0. MSC v. 1. 90. 0 3. Intel on win 3. Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. Python 3. 5. 1 v. Dec 6 2. 01. 5, 0. MSC v. 1. 90. 0 3. Intel on win 3. Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. Because of the settings you included in your PATH variable, you can now run this interpreter and, more important, a script from any directory on your system. Type exit and hit Return to exit the interpreter and get back to a C prompt. Optional Set up useful Python packages. Python 3 comes with the package installer pip already in place, which makes it super easy to add useful packages to your Python installation. The syntax is this replace somepackage with a package name you want to install 1. Lets add a couple of must have utilities for web scraping Requests and Beautiful. Soup. You can use pip to install them all with one command pip install beautifulsoup. I covered here, is a great tool for dealing with comma delimited text files. Add it Youre now set to get started using and learning Python under Windows 1. If youre looking for a guide, start with the Official Python tutorial. Learn data analysis with SQL If you like what you read here, check out my book Practical SQL A Beginners Guide to Storytelling with Data from No Starch Press.