Bø!rge
Could someone please give me the simplest possible step-by-step on how to run a python script on Windows?
Is it just installing Windows installer (64-bit) from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ and then double clicking the .py file? Or is there some other steps?
Bø!rge
@diazona Great, that sounds like something I can teach people to do. I don't use Windows either, and had issues figuring out trough searches. Thanks a lot! :)
David Zaslavsky
@forteller Unfortunately I can't give an authoritative answer because I don't use Windows, but from a bit of quick research it sounds like there are a couple more steps, at least for the first time you want to run a .py file:
1. download the Python installer
2. *run* the installer
3. right-click on your .py file, choose "Open With", choose Python (or python.exe or whatever it shows up as) and select "Always use this program for this file type" if that's an option
4. then you can double-click the .py file
But steps 1-3 only need to happen once. So in the future, if you want to run any more Python scripts, you should be able to just double-click them.
Whether the script actually does anything useful when run in this way is a whole separate matter, of course....
Info taken from e.g. https://learnpython.com/blog/run-python-script-windows/ and https://stackoverflow.com/a/1934695/56541
Bø!rge
@aagot Amazing! Thank you! I'll let you know :) @cynical13
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@cynical13 @forteller source: I use python on windows.
Ping me if it doesn't work and we can troubleshoot
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@cynical13 @forteller yes this! This is the easiest way if you don't have time/resources to make up new curse words while learning to navigate powershell.
Jeff
@forteller Easiest way I've come across is to do the following:
1. Go to the folder where the file is located
2. Right click and select <Open in terminal>
3. Type the following command
python <name of script>.py
Bø!rge
@mborus Great, thanks! So even if you recommend against it you can confirm that it's possible to do it like this: https://tutoteket.no/@diazona@techhub.social/110951989207893800 ? :)
mborus
@forteller Full disclosure: I use Windows as my main operating system. :)
mborus
@forteller After installing the windows download, you can do this but there is a downside: You can install more than one version of Python on your windows machine. Also, you will not see error messages.
A more helpful way is to start the terminal of your choice (for example cmd.exe) and navigate to the folder, where your python program is.
There use the Py Launcher:
Run "py yourname.py" to start a python program "yourname"
if something goes wrong, this way you'll see the error message.
Bø!rge
Thanks to everyone who has tried to help me! But what I forgot is that I have some dependencies listed in a text file. On Linux I can just run
pip nameoffile.txt
But that doesn't work in Windows. Neither does switching pip with python.
Bø!rge
@anselmschueler Ah, fuck, yes of course. That's what it is on Linux too. OK, I feel stupid now. Thanks! :D
Anselm Schüler
@forteller pip install -r requirements.txt, I think
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