Installing Python on Windows

What is Python?

Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes programmer productivity and code readability. Python's core syntax and semantics are minimalist, while the standard library is large and comprehensive.

Python supports multiple programming paradigms (primarily object oriented, imperative, and functional) and features a fully dynamic type system and automatic memory management; similar to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, and Tcl.

Python was first released by Guido van Rossum in 1991.
The language has an open, community-based development model managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation. While various parts of the language have formal specifications and standards, the language as a whole is not formally specified. The de facto standard for the language is the CPython implementation

Installing Python 2.5.1 on windows platform

Step 1

Download python 2.5.1 windows installer package from python site. Click 2x on the installer package.

Step 2

Select install for all users and click next to continue python installation.

Step 3

Select destination directory for the python 2.5.1 files to be located. By default it will be install on c:\python25\. Click next button to continue installation.

Step 4

You can customize python features to be installed. Click on the icons in the tree below to change the way features will be install. Click next to continue installation.

Step 5

Please wait while the installer installs python 2.5.1. This may take several minutes.

Step 6

Congratulations!!!! Now you are completing the python 2.5.1 installer.