The objective of this tutorial is to help you set up python 3.6 on windows OS.If you are using Ubuntu, you might want to check this other tutorial Install Python 3.6 on Ubuntu.
At the time of this writing, the latest stable version of python is 3.6, released on December 23rd, 2016. (Update: The latest stable version is 3.7.1 which you can download and install by following the steps here.) This tutorial will assist you in the download and install of python 3.6 on windows. It is for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of python 3.6. This installation process will automatically install IDLE, pip, and documentation as well and will also create shortcuts and file associations so that you don’t have to set up environment variables after the completion of installation.
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Before starting, check if python is already installed on your computer. To do so, open command prompt and type “python” in it. If python is not already installed on your machine, you will see something like:
![Python Python](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126357732/760687866.png)
To download the setup file for python 3.6, go to python’s official website and click on Python 3.6.4 under Downloads in the menu bar.
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Or, you can directly click on the link below to download the setup file.
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4.exe
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4.exe
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Once downloaded, locate the setup file under the name python-3.6.4.exe in the downloads folder and run it. You will see something like:
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Click on Run, you will see something like:
By default, the Add Python 3.6 to PATH option is unchecked, make sure it is checked then click on Install Now. If the setup is successful, you should see a window as below:
Let’s check if python 3.6 is successfully installed now. Open the command prompt and type “python” on it. If you haven’t closed the command prompt from earlier, you will need to close and reopen it. You will see something like:
Check that the python interpreter is working properly through command prompt:
You can also search for IDLE and run python commands via. it.
Python 3.6 on windows 64-bit version installation
To install the 64-bit version for python 3.6 on windows, go to python’s official website and click on Windows under Downloads in the menu bar. You will see something like:
Click on Download Windows X86-64 executable installer.
Or, you can directly click on the link below to download the setup file.
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4-amd64.exe
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4-amd64.exe
Once downloaded, locate the setup file under the name python-3.6.4-amd64.exe in the downloads folder and run it. Rest of the steps is similar to that of the 32-bit version installation.
I hope this tutorial helped you install Python 3.6 on Windows.