Appendix A. Installing Python
This appendix contains instructions to install Python 2.X on Windows, OS X, and Linux machines. Python 3.X can be installed in a similar way, though the code in this book has been written with Python 2.7. Most of this appendix will focus on installing Python for Windows. Python comes standard with OS X and many Linux distributions.
Python for Windows
Python does not come installed by default on Windows machines. At the time of writing this, Python 2.7.11 is the most recent 2.X line and can be installed by downloading the python-2.7.11.msi file from https://www.python.org/downloads/. We recommend installing the 64-bit version if supported by your hardware.
After executing the Python installer, you can run Python by clicking ...
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