Run the installer and click through the prompts. Default options are usually just fine. This installs IDLE, too, by default. We're going to want to launch IDLE from within the directory. This BMGT404 should work by default. Open up from the Applications menu, Terminal.app and type: cd BMGT404 Where is replaced by the directory you chose to use for the course. BMGT404 Now type: idle & and hit to launch IDLE. Linux (can be ignored) Python is installed by default, but sometimes IDLE is not. Either install IDLE using your distro's package manager, e.g. apt-get install (Ubuntu/Debian/etc.), idle yum install (RHEL/CentOS/etc.), (Gentoo), etc., or USE=tk emerge -avn python install new version of Python from source (which will include IDLE). Launching IDLE from the directory will be the same as for the Mac BMGT404 case above (just use your favorite terminal instead of Terminal.app). Alternative Method On Mac or Linux, you can instead compile Python from source. Instructions are . 4) Try IDLE You should now have an IDLE session open that looks something like this:
Run the installer and click through the prompts. Default options are usually just fine. This installs IDLE, too, by default. We're going to want to launch IDLE from within the BMGT404 directory. This should work by default. Open up Terminal.app from the Applications menu, and type: cd BMGT404 Where BMGT404 is replaced by the directory you chose to use for the course. Now type: idle & and hit to launch IDLE. Linux (can be ignored) Python is installed by default, but sometimes IDLE is not. Either install IDLE using your distro's package manager, e.g. apt-get install idle (Ubuntu/Debian/etc.), yum install (RHEL/CentOS/etc.), USE=tk emerge -avn python (Gentoo), etc., or install new version of Python from source (which will include IDLE). Launching IDLE from the BMGT404 directory will be the same as for the Mac case above (just use your favorite terminal instead of Terminal.app). Alternative Method On Mac or Linux, you can instead compile Python from source. Instructions are . 4) Try IDLE You should now have an IDLE session open that looks something like this: