Installing Python On Windows

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1. Download

Go to the Python website and download the latest stable version of Python (3.6 or above).

Then you can run the installer. In the beginning check Install launcher for all Users and also Add Python 3.6 to PATH. This will make creating venv much easier.

2. INSTALL PIP

Pip (Python Package Installer), official documentation for pip.

Usually Python3 comes with pip preinstalled. If you get an error “pip command not found”, use the following command to install pip:

Download get-pip.py, make sure you’re saving file to Desktop

In your Command Prompt navigate to Desktop

cd Desktop

Execute get-pip.py

python get-pip.py

Now pip should work system wide.

INSTALL VIRTUALENV

In your Command Prompt enter:

pip install virtualenv

In your Command Prompt navigate to your project:

cd your_project

Within your project:

virtualenv env

On Windows, virtualenv creates a batch file \env\Scripts\activate.bat to activate virtualenv on Windows, activate script is in the Scripts folder: \path\to\env\Scripts\activate

Example:

C:\Users\’Username’\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Final notes

This article is loosely adapted from Program With Us