My Issues

[John Ladasky]

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 2:37:48 PM UTC-7, iv... at linebox.ca wrote:
> Hi Carson,
> 
> If you are having big troubles installing Python on Windows (it really should be a click install from the Python download page here https://www.python.org/downloads/) you can use Anaconda to install, which usually makes installing python on problematic windows machines much easier.  
> 
> Follow this tutorial
> https://medium.com/@GalarnykMichael/install-python-on-windows-anaconda-c63c7c3d1444 
> 
> Use this download page:
> 
> https://www.anaconda.com/download/ 
> 
> Don't get discouraged.  Sometimes getting up and running is a bit of a pain, but it will be smooth sailing after you get it in there the first time. 
> 
> Ivan

One of my students reached for Anaconda to install Python on a Windows machine, and ended up with Py 2.7.  If you want Py3, make sure that you pay attention to which version of Anaconda you install.