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Installing Python on Windows Using the Python.org Installer

Darren Jones
Installing Python on Windows, macOS, and Linux Darren Jones 01:44
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In this video, you’ll learn how to install Python on Windows using an installer downloaded from python.org. You’ll also learn how to:

  • Choose the right installer to download
  • Add Python to the system PATH
  • Run and exit Python from a command prompt
  • Start IDLE from the Start Menu

00:00 First, installing on Windows using an installer downloaded from python.org. Here we are on the desktop, opening up a browser, and then going to python.org.

00:15 We can see we have a Downloads link. When we go there, clicking on Windows will give us the choices. In this case, we’re going to go for the executable installer, the 64-bit one, as you can see here. Clicking that leads it to be downloaded.

00:33 In my case, in Firefox, I’m clicking Save and then going into my downloads, which are the top, and then running the installer. Once I’ve run it, I’m just going to close Firefox so you can see just what’s going on. Now, the important part here is to Add Python to PATH.

00:52 That means you’ll be able to access it from the command prompt. Once that’s done, click Install Now, and Python will get installed.

01:07 And that’s it. You’ve installed Python, including IDLE. To run it from a command prompt, hold down the Windows key and tap R and then type cmd and hit Enter.

01:18 And now you can type python and see that it runs. To exit, type exit() and hit Enter. And you can exit the the command prompt the same way. Running IDLE from the command prompt isn’t so easy on Windows, so the easiest way to do it is from the Start menu by tapping Windows, typing idle, and then hitting Enter. And here you are, ready to develop in Python.

ana on Dec. 19, 2020

Sir it is showing disable path limit what must i do?

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