TUTORIAL: How to download Python 2 on Windows 10?

Python is a programming language that is created by Guido van Rossum. It is open source and you can download it for free. As a Bioinformatics student, Python is one of the programming that I have to learn. So, today I'm going to share with you how to download Python 2. Let's go through the tutorial below.

*I downloaded the Python using laptop with Windows 10. The ways to download for other operating systems and other version might be different.

1. Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/. You will see the interface below.




2. Choose whether you want Python 2 or Python 3 and choose the release version. The difference between Python 2 and Python 3 is how you write the code. You may ask your lecturer which version is being used in the class. But if you want to learn more, you can just download both. I choose Python 2.7.15 because I'm learning Python 2 and that release version is the latest release. 



3. Choose the last file, Windows x86 MSI installer.

4. After the file has been downloaded, click on the downloaded file and the installation Windows will pop up. You can choose to install for all users or only for you (not available in Windows Vista). Then, click Next.

5. For the selection of directory, just leave it as Python 27 and click Next.

6. You can customize Python but I prefer to follow the default choices. If you know how to customize it, then just customize according to your preference. Then, click Next until Python is installed in your computer.

7. Once the installation is done, you can search and open IDLE (Python GUI) and try to type your code.

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