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Formation Python

The document provides instructions for installing Python on Unix/Linux and Windows systems, detailing the steps for downloading and configuring the installation. It also explains how to set the Python directory in the system path for both Unix/Linux and Windows. Additionally, it describes how to start Python using the interactive interpreter and lists available command line options.

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Formation Python

The document provides instructions for installing Python on Unix/Linux and Windows systems, detailing the steps for downloading and configuring the installation. It also explains how to set the Python directory in the system path for both Unix/Linux and Windows. Additionally, it describes how to start Python using the interactive interpreter and lists available command line options.

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Notions de bases Python

Installing Python
Unix and Linux Installation
Here are the simple steps to install Python on Unix/Linux machine.

●​ Open a Web browser and go to [Link]

●​ Follow the link to download zipped source code available for Unix/Linux.

●​ Download and extract files.

●​ Editing the Modules/Setup file if you want to customize some options.

●​ run ./configure script

●​ make

●​ make install

This installs Python at standard location /usr/local/bin and its libraries at


/usr/local/lib/pythonXX where XX is the version of Python.

Windows Installation
Here are the steps to install Python on Windows machine.

●​ Open a Web browser and go to [Link]

●​ Follow the link for the Windows installer [Link] file where XYZ is the

version you need to install.

Setting path at Unix/Linux


To add the Python directory to the path for a particular session in Unix −
●​ In the csh shell − type setenv PATH "$PATH:/usr/local/bin/python" and press

Enter.

●​ In the bash shell (Linux) − type export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/python"

and press Enter.

●​ In the sh or ksh shell − type PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/python" and press

Enter.

●​ Note − /usr/local/bin/python is the path of the Python directory

Setting path at Windows

Running Python
There are three different ways to start Python −

Interactive Interpreter
You can start Python from Unix, DOS, or any other system that provides you a
command-line interpreter or shell window.

Enter python the command line.


Start coding right away in the interactive interpreter.

$python # Unix/Linux C:> python # Windows/DOS

Here is the list of all the available command line options −

[Link] Option & Description


.

1 -d It provides debug output.

2 -O It generates optimized bytecode (resulting in .pyo files).

3 -S Do not run import site to look for Python paths on startup.

4 -v verbose output (detailed trace on import statements).

5 -X disable class-based built-in exceptions (just use strings); obsolete

starting with version 1.6.

6 -c cmd : run Python script sent in as cmd string

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