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*If everything works out, you should see a window containing a light blue square at the center.
*If everything works out, you should see a window containing a light blue square at the center.
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Revision as of 03:41, 28 February 2018

Installing Python on your Windows laptop

Files to download (from the Google Classroom "course materials" area)

  1. create a folder c:\temp, save the following files to this folder
  2. Python 2.7.14 (win 32-bit)
  3. get-pip.py
  4. install_python.bat
  5. sq.py

Steps to follow

  • Double click on the downloaded python-2.7-14.msi program.
  • Open a command window and change directory to where you saved get-pip.py

<syntaxhighlight lang="DOS" style="border:3px dashed black"> cd c:\temp </syntaxhighlight>

  • execute get-pip.py

<syntaxhighlight lang="DOS" style="border:3px dashed black"> python get-pip.py </syntaxhighlight>

  • execute the install_python.bat script

<syntaxhighlight lang="DOS" style="border:3px dashed black"> install_python.bat </syntaxhighlight>

  • After the above process are completed (without error or interruption), try the following script:

<syntaxhighlight lang="DOS" style="border:3px dashed black"> python sq.py </syntaxhighlight>

  • If everything works out, you should see a window containing a light blue square at the center.