Install Python

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Last Updated: April 2, 2021

In this tutorial we will show you how install Python on Windows, MacOS and Ubuntu

Windows

  1. Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

  2. Choose the Installer options from the Stable Releases

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    Figure 1. Download Python Windows

  3. Run the installed file

  4. Make sure to check the following option

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    Figure 2. Install Python Windows

  5. From the command line run Python by typing

python
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Figure 3. Run Python Windows

MacOS

  1. Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/

  2. Choose the Installer options from the Stable Releases

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    Figure 4. Install Python Mac

  3. Run the installed file with the default configurations

  4. After completing the installation you can run python from the terminal by typing

python
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Figure 5. Run Python Mac

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.04 and other versions of Debian Linux ship with Python 3 pre-installed.

  1. You can upgrade to the latest version by updating the list of available packages then install the newer versions of the packages

    apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

  2. To check what version of Python

    python3 -V