How to Install Python in Microsoft Windows

Introduction

This article will focus on how to install python program or binary execution file in Microsoft Windows. In the term of python program or binary execution file in this context is to execute python files. In other words, it is a program or binary execution file useful for developing application using python programming language.

How to Install Python in Microsoft Windows

So, how to install python in Microsoft Windows or a device running using Microsoft Windows as its operating system ?. Just follow the sequence below :

1. First of all, access the main official website of python. It exist in this link. Furthermore, for the download link it exist in this link . That is the link containing Python installer for Windows operating system.

2. Next, following the first step, just download the installer.

3. After that, just run the installer. In this context, there is a default directory for storing the installation result. Choose any place freely. But this article will choose ‘C:\Python38’ as an example. It exist in the following output :

   C:\Python38>dir
   Volume in drive C is Windows
   Volume Serial Number is E003-3593
   
   Directory of C:\Python38
   
   05/07/2021 10:15 AM <DIR> .
   05/07/2021 10:15 AM <DIR> ..
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> DLLs
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> Doc
   05/07/2021 10:15 AM <DIR> etc
   04/02/2020 11:19 AM <DIR> include
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> Lib
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> libs
   02/25/2020 11:31 PM 31,328 LICENSE.txt
   02/25/2020 11:32 PM 890,948 NEWS.txt
   02/25/2020 11:30 PM 99,912 python.exe
   02/25/2020 11:30 PM 58,952 python3.dll
   02/25/2020 11:30 PM 4,195,912 python38.dll
   02/25/2020 11:30 PM 98,376 pythonw.exe
   05/07/2021 10:13 AM <DIR> Scripts
   06/15/2020 06:32 PM <DIR> share
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> tcl
   04/02/2020 11:20 AM <DIR> Tools
   02/25/2020 11:31 PM 89,752 vcruntime140.dll
   7 File(s) 5,465,180 bytes
   12 Dir(s) 1,662,193,664 bytes free
   
   C:\Python38>

   That is all for the installation step. In the next part below, the focus will be on configuring the python program or binary file. The configuration will allow the execution of python program or binary file in any path.

How to Configure Python in Microsoft Windows

1. Actually, there is a way for the python program or binary file in this context ‘python.exe’ is available in every path for further execution. Just add it to the environment variable of the operating system. Type ‘environment variables’ to search and then run it. There will be a menu or link appear by the label of ‘Edit the System Environment Variables. Choose or select that link and then click it. The following window dialog will appear :

   

2. Following after, just click in the Environment Variables… button above, there will be a window dialog will appear below :

   

3. Basically, there are a few steps for the above window dialog to appear. The environment variable will consists of User Variable and System Variable. Just choose the environment variable with the name of ‘Path’. After selecting that line, just click the Edit button on the System Variable. Then, the above window dialog will appear.

4. For storing the path of the python program or binary file, just click the New button above. That window dialog will change into the following display  :

   

5. Just type the path where the python program or binary file exists. In this context, it is exist in ‘C:\Python38’. Last but not least, just click the OK button.

6. Finally, run the Command Prompt add type the following command to check if the python program or binary file execution is possible. Those commands exist as follows :

   C:\Python38>python --version
   Python 3.8.2
   
   C:\Python38>python -V
   Python 3.8.2
   
   C:\Python38>cd \
   
   C:\>python --version
   Python 3.8.2
   
   C:\>python -V
   Python 3.8.2
   
   C:\>