Kyrian, your problem seems very basic, and I'm afraid it would be quite difficult to help over email. I suggest you download the Python Windows Installer from the Python website: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-362/ After you install Python, try to search for "IDLE" in your Start menu. It's the built-in Python shell and editor on Windows. If you get it to work, then you installed Python correctly.
*Peter and Dan*, there's "right" and there's "helpful" and you two are neither. Telling someone who was unsuccessful at installing Python on Windows to install Linux is just getting them deeper in trouble. I use both Linux and Windows for professional Python development and they are both adequate and most definitely not "3rd-rate software". On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Ian Stapleton Cordasco < graffatcolmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Dan Stromberg <strom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Windows improves somewhat in areas where it has a strong competitor. > > > > It lies fallow in areas where it has a majority of the marketshare. > > > > Windows is usable, but it's 3rd-rate software, after Linux and macOS. > > > > We should consider assisting Windows users on Windows, but there's > nothing > > wrong with also reminding them that there are better alternatives > available. > > > > There's a difference between someone who comes to this list saying > > "I'm trying to run Pylint from my editor and I've followed some > instructions for getting set up on Windows. Does anyone know why it > doesn't work?" > > And someone saying > > "Hey, I'm having trouble doing python development on Windows. Is > writing Python on Windows so awful I should switch to something else?" > > What we have here is someone asking the first question and getting an > answer to the second question. In other words, you're telling the > person that in order for them to develop software in Python they must > use Linux (or a worst buy an inordinately expensive piece of aluminum > with substandard hardware to get a variant of Unix) and that's not > only wrong, it's downright exclusive. > > Put yet another way, answer the question the person actually asks, if > you can. If you don't do windows development and you can't actually > offer help, maybe just don't reply. > > > On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Ian Stapleton Cordasco > > <graffatcolmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Windows is a fine developer environment and consistently getting better. > >> Let's not discourage people from learning to cure on the operating > systems > >> they're already comfortable with. If you can't help them, don't try to > make > >> them learn yet another thing as a barrier to learning Python > >> > >> Sent from my phone with my typo-happy thumbs. Please excuse my brevity > >> > >> On Sep 8, 2017 11:31, "Peter Bittner" <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> If you can get hold of a computer running GNU/Linux, e.g. a machine > >>> running an Ubuntu desktop, that would be ideal. > >>> > >>> Windows is not ideal for developing software (well, that's my personal > >>> opinion). Especially the path issues you don't have on other systems. > >>> In my experience you have everything easily at hand with a GNU/Linux > >>> system. Ubuntu or Mint are lovely and very popular. Even a Mac is > >>> better suited, though that requires some hacking (installing a a > >>> package manager) to set more potential free. Try them, it will make > >>> your life so much easier. > >>> > >>> Peter > >>> > >>> > >>> 2017-09-08 18:19 GMT+02:00 Kyrian Okoroama <kyrian...@yahoo.com>: > >>> > Hi > >>> > > >>> > No I do not have those. > >>> > > >>> > Should I install them or one? > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Kyrian Okoroama .C. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Friday, September 8, 2017 05:50:31 PM CEST, Peter > >>> > Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Do you have Bash (a GNU/Linux shell) on your Windows machine? > >>> > > >>> > If that's the case start the Bash terminal application and type > >>> > "python". > >>> > Python should already be installed and easily accessible there from > any > >>> > directory. > >>> > > >>> > Peter > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > 2017-09-08 16:09 GMT+02:00 Ian Stapleton Cordasco > >>> > <graffatcolmin...@gmail.com>: > >>> >> Your IDE does not seem to be able to find where you installed > Python. > >>> >> This > >>> >> has nothing to do with pylint > >>> >> > >>> >> Sent from my phone with my typo-happy thumbs. Please excuse my > brevity > >>> >> > >>> >> On Sep 8, 2017 09:06, "Kyrian Okoroama via code-quality" > >>> >> <code-quality@python.org> wrote: > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Hi there > >>> >>> > >>> >>> I am totally new to programming language. However I am running the > >>> >>> online > >>> >>> free course on Alison on Python programming language, which I have > >>> >>> installed > >>> >>> according to instructions on the video but I having issues > Debugging > >>> >>> my > >>> >>> first Hello World script. > >>> >>> see attached files > >>> >>> > >>> >>> kindly help. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Kyrian Okoroama .C. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> >>> code-quality mailing list > >>> >>> code-quality@python.org > >>> >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality > >>> > > >>> >>> > >>> >> > >>> >> _______________________________________________ > >>> >> code-quality mailing list > >>> >> code-quality@python.org > >>> >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality > >>> >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> code-quality mailing list > >>> code-quality@python.org > >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> code-quality mailing list > >> code-quality@python.org > >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dan Stromberg > _______________________________________________ > code-quality mailing list > code-quality@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality >
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