Python distribution is available for
a wide variety of platforms. You need to download only the binary code
applicable for your platform and install Python.
If the binary code for your platform
is not available, you need a C compiler to compile the source code manually.
Compiling the source code offers more flexibility in terms of choice of
features that you require in your installation.
Here is a quick overview of
installing Python on various platforms:
Unix
& Linux Installation:
Here are the simple steps to install
Python on Unix/Linux machine.
- Open a Web browser and go to http://www.python.org/download/
- Follow the link to download zipped source code
available for Unix/Linux.
- Download and extract files.
- Editing the Modules/Setup file if you want to
customize some options.
- run
./configure script
- make
- make install
This will install python in a
standard location /usr/local/bin and its libraries are installed in /usr/local/lib/pythonXX
where XX is the version of Python that you are using.
Windows
Installation:
Here are the steps to install Python
on Windows machine.
- Open a Web browser and go to http://www.python.org/download/
- Follow the link for the Windows installer python-XYZ.msi
file where XYZ is the version you are going to install.
- To use this installer python-XYZ.msi, the
Windows system must support Microsoft Installer 2.0. Just save the
installer file to your local machine and then run it to find out if your
machine supports MSI.
- Run the downloaded file by double-clicking it in
Windows Explorer. This brings up the Python install wizard, which is
really easy to use. Just accept the default settings, wait until the
install is finished, and you're ready to roll!
Macintosh
Installation:
Recent Macs come with Python
installed, but it may be several years out of date. See
http://www.python.org/download/mac/ for instructions on getting the current
version along with extra tools to support development on the Mac. For older Mac
OS's before Mac OS X 10.3 (released in 2003), MacPython is available."
Jack Jansen maintains it and you can
have full access to the entire documentation at his Web site - Jack Jansen
Website : http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html
Just go to this link and you will find complete
installation detail for Mac OS installation.
