Installing and running Python programs

[Tyler Durden]

Hi guys,
Lately I've witnessed quite a few questions from folks regarding running python programs.
I didn't see a guide for the same so I decided to make one myself.
I will be setting up python 2 as well as python 3.
Feedback is appreciated as it helps me improve future guides :)

Here we go :

Download python installers from their official site.
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Kindly refer to the screenshots for the same.
Kindly note I will be using python 3.6 for this guide as it has tensorflow support.
Select exe or msi installer for x86-64
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Now install the files you downloaded from above, once again refer to the screenshots, the selection must be as shown in the screenshots.
in place of Jack whatever your username on your computer is will be there, Eg: Katie or Mark
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Make sure to click on the disable path length limit option. Select it.
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Now we will be renaming some files to python2 and python3 to be more systematic.
Eg: In python 2.7 installation folder I will rename python.exe to python2.exe
Similarly in python 3 installation folder I will rename python.exe to python3.exe
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Next, we will be adding them to our file path.
Click on the windows button at bottom left of page and type System Environment Variables.
An option should show, click on it.
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Now click on New and enter the paths, follow the screenshots for guidance. Remember the sequence Red -> Green ->Orange.
New -> Copy Paste the path -> Ok
Refer to the screenshots for the same.
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Open a new file explorer window and go to the python2 install path.
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Right click on the file
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Copy the path and paste it after selecting new
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Repeat for Scripts Folder
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Repeat Step 5 for python3 , just remember it's installed at another place, refer to the below screenshot for the same
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After setting the build paths correctly it should show like this
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Now lets run a program and see. First navigate to the program folder that you want to run. Then Press and hold SHIFT key and right click. It should show the below options. Kindly note powershell is similar to cmd with some extra features, so it's better if you use it.
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Pip is something we will use to install python modules such as Pillow, mechanize, etc. Lets now first make sure PIP is upto date else it will give error saying "Unable to create process using '''' "
Run the following 2 commands
python2 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
Kindly refer to the screenshots for the same.
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pip2 is for python2 and pip3 for python3 . To install a module simply run pip2 install "modulenameherewithoutquotes" or pip3 install "modulenameherewithoutquotes".
Here is an example:
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Now lets finally run the program.
Remember to run a python 2 program type
python2 "filenamewithoutquotes".py
and for python3
python3 "filenamewithoutquotes".py
Make sure you are in the same directory as the file you are running.
To go to a particular directory type
cd "directorypathherewithoutquotes"
Eg: cd C:/Python

Here is an example of me running DailyDoer while being in the same directory
python2 DailyDoer.py
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That's it folks. That's how to install python and run python programs.




If you have any suggestions or need help, feel free to reach out to me, I'm happy to help and constructive feedback is welcome :)
Update: Added commands and more explanation for easier understanding.

[j03]

Thanks for sharing this guide! I'm sure it'll help many of those interested in the Python programs released here but not sure how to get them to run. Even if they want to get the second Python version.

Using an external site like Dropbox or imgur will work better for images.


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[Tyler Durden]

Thanks for sharing this guide! I'm sure it'll help many of those interested in the Python programs released here but not sure how to get them to run. Even if they want to get the second Python version.

Using an external site like Dropbox or imgur will work better for images.


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Yep I'll do it later. Thanks :)

[Mama Bear]

Yep I'll do it later. Thanks :)

If you post them in img tags within spoiler tags, it saves having to click links but doesn't stretch the page. ;)

[Tyler Durden]

If you post them in img tags within spoiler tags, it saves having to click links but doesn't stretch the page. ;)
Tried it with img src. Not working :(
Thanks anyways I guess.

Update: Bacchus
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It's increasing the number of clicks so I think it's best we go with it as it is.
Suggestions are welcome ofcourse :)

[Bat]

Tried it with img src. Not working :(
Thanks anyways I guess.

The image pseudo-html looks like this: #URLHERE. You don't need to specify the src attribute. The source is read between the opening and closing tags.

[Tyler Durden]

The image pseudo-html looks like this: #URLHERE. You don't need to specify the src attribute. The source is read between the opening and closing tags.
Nope man, not working. :/

[Bat]

Nope man, not working. :/


That's really bizarre! When I submit this:

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It's rendered like this:


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So what Bacchus was suggesting is:

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Which is rendered like this:

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[Tyler Durden]

That's really bizarre! When I submit this:



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It's rendered like this:


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Which is rendered like this:

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Yep man, I know. It simply prints the tags and the url both.
Anyways, it's not impacting the guide significantly and I hope it helps many to get started with running programs in python :)