On 3/25/2023 4:03 PM, Patrick Sheehan wrote:
Hello, I have been working with the attached book (See photo)
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to try to learn Python and so far it has been a complete nightmare
trying to get python installed and operating correctly. I have
received a plethora of error messages and consulted youtube videos
and chat groups to try to remedy the issues. I am using a computer
that is running Windows 10.
That's too bad. Normally a Python install on Windows is trouble free.
Perhaps we can help.
I have installed, and un-installed several versions of Python
Please give more information. What versions of Python, where did you
get it, how did you install it, what options if any did you choose
during the installation?
and was able to complete the first two lessons in the attached book,
but could not complete lesson 3 (Turtledemo)...Some of the error
messages I have received include: "This app cannot run on your PC";
"Unable to initialize device PRN"; “Python is not recognized as an
internal or external command”: "Python was not found: run without
arguments to install from Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut
from settings mange, app execution aliases:"
You need to tell us just what you have done. What was this "lesson"
supposed to do? Did you try to run it while you were working in
PyCharm? Just how did you try to run the lesson?
...I have been at this
for 4 days now at least three hours each day...Any information or
help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, I
do have PyCharm installed (As you can tell, I am a beginner), is
PyCharm the same thing as Python? Thank you in advance!
No, PyCharm is an editor and Python IDE; it is not the same as Python.
Python is a programming language. The problems you have been having
could be caused by PyCharm not being set up to work with your
installation of Python.
To see if Python has been installed correctly, open a Windows console.
If you don't know how, one way is to hit the Windows key and type "cmd".
Windows will offer "Command Prompt". Hit the ENTER key to accept it,
and a console window will open. (There are more convenient ways, but we
don't need to get into them right now).
In the console window, type (without the quotes) "py -V". You should
see something like this (The first line is what I typed, the second line
is the response):
C:\Users\tom>py -V
Python 3.10.9
If this works, Python has been installed and apparently working.
If it is working, save the Python program from your lesson as a file
with a name such as such as "lesson1.py". In an open console window. try
to run it by typing
py lesson1.py
Instead of just "lesson1.py", you will either need to change directory
(using the cd command) to the directory that contains that file, or you
will need to use the full path to the file. For example, if the file is
c:\temp\python\lesson1.py
then run it by typing
py c:\temp\python\lesson1.py
Let us know how it goes.
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