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Python Installation and Verification

The document provides instructions for installing Python and verifying the installation on Mac and Windows systems. For Mac, it instructs users to download the latest Python version from the Python website, complete the installation process by clicking continue and agree, customize the installation to ensure all boxes are checked, and open IDLE to verify successful installation. For Windows, it instructs users to download the latest Python version executable from the Python website, run the installer and check boxes to add Python to PATH and install pip, click install and ensure environment variables are checked, and open IDLE to verify installation.

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Python Installation and Verification

The document provides instructions for installing Python and verifying the installation on Mac and Windows systems. For Mac, it instructs users to download the latest Python version from the Python website, complete the installation process by clicking continue and agree, customize the installation to ensure all boxes are checked, and open IDLE to verify successful installation. For Windows, it instructs users to download the latest Python version executable from the Python website, run the installer and check boxes to add Python to PATH and install pip, click install and ensure environment variables are checked, and open IDLE to verify installation.

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Python Installation and Verification Handout

CS 1301 - Intro to Computing - Fall 2020


Overview
The language used in CS 1301 is Python. Python has an interactive development environ-
ment (IDE), IDLE, that is pure Python and comes as part of the download. Python is a high-
level programming language that supports multiple programming paradigms: object oriented,
imperative, procedural, and functional programming styles.
Below, we have provided instructions on how to install Python and verify/open IDLE. The in-
structions are dependent on which operating system you use. The first section is Mac-spe-
cific instructions and the second section is Windows-specific.
Note: It is imperative that you follow these instructions closely and check all the boxes that
are specified in the instructions, so later in the course you can install packages using
Pythonʼs standard package manager, pip.
On Mac:
. Go to this link and click the yellow box to download the latest version of Python. Scroll
down and ensure that you are downloading the latest version for Mac OS X.
https://www.python.org/downloads/

. After downloading, your screen will show a pop-up box prompting you to complete the
installation of Python.
. Click “Continue” until your screen looks like this. Click “Agree.”

. Before clicking install, click the “Customize” box at the bottom of the box, and if needed,
ensure all boxes have been checked off.
. Enter your password to allow the installer to install the software. You can close the
installer and move to trash as Python has been installed. Finder will open and open the
folder, “Python 3.8” which has IDLE in it. Open the application, “IDLE”.

. IDLE will open and this window is called the Script. This is where you will be writing all of
your code. It should look something like this:
On Windows:
. Go to this link and click the yellow box to download the latest version of Python (3.8.1).
Scroll down and download Windows x86-64 executable installer. If you have a 32-bit
machine, download Windows x86 executable installer
https://www.python.org/downloads/

. Run the installer, and check off “Add Python 3.8 to PATH”
3. Click “Customize installation” and check “pip”.

. Click ‘Nextʼ and make sure ‘Add Python to environment variablesʼ is checked off
5. Click ‘Installʼ. Search for ‘Python 3.8.1ʼ in the search bar and open ‘IDLEʼ. (In this image,
Python 3.6 appears but yours should be Python 3.8.1)

. You should see something like this pop up but with your version of Python. To open a
new Script, click “File” -> “New File”.

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