Installing Python¶
Let us explore different ways to install Python and also go through the steps to validate and install Python.
Here are different ways using which Python is typically installed.
Direct download and installation of Python
Using Anaconda
For application development we would recommend to install Python and Pycharm (IDE). We will see how to install Python now and will take care of installing Pycharm later.
On Windows
Go to official Python Website
Choose right version of Python
Make sure to choose 64 bit version based up on the OS you are trying to install.
Download and install Python
If you are using Mac, we would recommend to use brew and with Ubuntu based desktop, we would recommend to use snap.
If you are setting up environment for Data Science, it is straight forward to get started using Anaconda.