Install Python2 and Python3
Python 2.7.13 - Windows x86-64 MSI installer
Python 3.6.0 - Windows x86-64 executable installer
Note: For Python 3.3 and later, select the option "Install launcher for all users(recommended)".
Set Environment Variables
Sample:C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages;C:\Python36;C:\Python36\Scripts;C:\Python36\Lib\site-packages;
Check system variables - path : Run the commond >set path and check the output.
Python Launcher for Windows Version
Python Launcher for Windows Version
>py -2
Python 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33e0cf91556, Jun 27 2016, 15:24:40) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
>py -3
Python 3.6.0 (v3.6.0:41df79263a11, Dec 23 2016, 08:06:12) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>Run an sample
Method 1 : python or py
>python --version
Python 2.7.13
>py --version
Python 3.6.0Method 2 : py -2 or py -3
>type HelloWorld-py2.py
print 'Hello World! Hello Python!'
>
>py -2 HelloWorld-py2.py
Hello World! Hello Python!
>type HelloWorld-py3.py
print ('Hello World! Hello Python!')
>
>py -3 HelloWorld-py3.py
Hello World! Hello Python!
>Note:py -2.7 HelloWorld-py2.py and py -3.6 HelloWorld-py3.py are recommended.
Method 3 : Specify the Python version in a script
>type HelloWorld-py2.py
#! python2.7
print 'Hello World! Hello Python!'
>
>py HelloWorld-py2.py
Hello World! Hello Python!
>type HelloWorld-py3.py
#! python3.6
print ('Hello World! Hello Python!')
>
>py HelloWorld-py3.py
Hello World! Hello Python!
>pip2 and pip3
Install Python2 Package: pip2 install <Package_name> or py -2 -m pip install <Package_name>
Install Python3 Package: pip3 install <Package_name> or py -3 -m pip install <Package_name>
>pip2 --version
pip 9.0.1 from c:\python27\lib\site-packages (python 2.7)
>pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from c:\python36\lib\site-packages (python 3.6)Run an sample
>pip3 list --format=legacy
pip (9.0.1)
setuptools (28.8.0)
>pip3 install requests --proxy=10.144.1.10:8080
Collecting requests
Downloading requests-2.13.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (584kB)
100% |████████████████████████████████| 593kB 137kB/s
Installing collected packages: requests
Successfully installed requests-2.13.0
>pip3 list --format=legacy
pip (9.0.1)
requests (2.13.0)
setuptools (28.8.0)py help
$ py -h
Python Launcher for Windows Version 3.6.150.1013
usage: py [ launcher-arguments ] [ python-arguments ] script [ script-arguments ]
Launcher arguments:
-2 : Launch the latest Python 2.x version
-3 : Launch the latest Python 3.x version
-X.Y : Launch the specified Python version
-X.Y-32: Launch the specified 32bit Python version