New guy help with setup

[meg99]

I just downloaded 2.5 and read the readme file. It says "Before you
can build Python, you must first confiigure it....Start by running the
script "./configure".

I can't find "./configure"

I am running Windows XP SP2

btw
Python.exe gives me a black window
Pythonw.exe does nothing (I assume this is a windows interface)

thanks

meg99

[Paul McNett]

Re: New guy help with setup

meg99 wrote:

I just downloaded 2.5 and read the readme file. It says "Before you
can build Python, you must first confiigure it....Start by running the
script "./configure".
>
I can't find "./configure"
>
I am running Windows XP SP2

You downloaded the wrong file. You want the Windows Installer:

http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.msi

HTH
Paul

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[meg99]

Re: New guy help with setup

On Jul 12, 4:24 pm, Paul McNett <p...@ulmcnett. comwrote:

meg99 wrote:

I just downloaded 2.5 and read the readme file. It says "Before you
can build Python, you must first confiigure it....Start by running the
script "./configure".

>

I can't find "./configure"

>

I am running Windows XP SP2

>
You downloaded the wrong file. You want the Windows Installer:http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.msi
>
HTH
Paul
>
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My applogies - I did download and install 2.5.1

meg99

[Paul McNett]

Re: New guy help with setup

meg99 wrote:

On Jul 12, 4:24 pm, Paul McNett <p...@ulmcnett. comwrote:

>meg99 wrote:

>>I just downloaded 2.5 and read the readme file. It says "Before you
>>can build Python, you must first confiigure it....Start by running the
>>script "./configure".
>>I can't find "./configure"
>>I am running Windows XP SP2

>You downloaded the wrong file. You want the Windows Installer:http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.msi

My applogies - I did download and install 2.5.1

In that case, open up your command window (Start|Run "cmd" <enter>).

Type 'python' at the c:\ prompt.

Or, Start|All Programs|Python 2.5|IDLE

Enjoy!


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Re: New guy help with setup

On Jul 12, 5:55 pm, meg99 <glen.e.mett... @lmco.comwrote:

got the >>prompt

Type fun things at the >>prompt, such as:

>>print 'Some Obligatroy Greeting Like "Hello World."'

or

>>[x*5 for x in [1,2,3,4,5]]

or

>>import os
>>os.listdir('. ')
>>[os.isdir(x) for x in os.listdir('.')]

Also, you should now be able to make .py files in a text editor and
run them by double-clicking them. (Hint: If you're just doing print
statements and such, stick a raw_input() at the end of the file so
that the window stays around when you double-click it ...)

But all in all, the .configrue[1] stuff is only for unix-like systems
and stuff like cygwin, windows dosn't usally need to worry about it.

[1] I saw this typo, then decided to leave it as some kind of scary
obscure bad zork pun thing.

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