Fwd: Problems Installing and getting started.

[MRAB]

On 2023-05-31 08:34, Mark Bass wrote:
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> From: Mark Bass <markbass649 at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 at 08:09
> Subject: Problems Installing and getting started.
> To: <python-list at python.org>
> 
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> I installed python several hours ago (from python.org), I then installed
> the IDE PyCharm. I'm using AI to help with a project that requires
> statistical analysis.
> I cannot open python, when I double clicked a "Modify Setup" window
> appeared with the three options Modify, Repair and Uninstall to click. I
> assumed this was part of the final installation process and clicked Modify
> - it seemed to be successful. I still could not open python. I asked the AI
> and it suggested to click Repair, this still made no difference. I finally
> Uninstalled it, shut down my laptop, had a coffee then re-installed it but
> the same problem occurred.
> Can you help ? Any suggestions?
> I'm really pleased with the AI so far  and looking forward to using Python
> to get my project started.
> 
What do you mean by "open python"? You said that a "Modify Setup" window 
appeared, which sounds like you're clicking on the *installer*.

To make it clear, the file that you download from python.org is the 
installer. It installs Python only. It's not an IDE.

Having said that, the standard distribution from python.org does come 
with IDLE.

You should be running PyCharm that you installed; that's the IDE. You 
just need to ensure that it's using the version of Python that you've 
installed.