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cs2370: Required Software

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For this class we will be using Python 3. You can download it at https://www.python.org/downloads/. As of January 2024, the latest stable release is the 3.12 series (currently 3.12.1), so that’s what you want to get.

  • On Windows, you probabaly want the 64-bit Windows installer.
  • On Mac, the 64-bit universal Mac installer should work.
  • On Linux, it’s most likely easiest to install from your distribution package repositories. Make sure you get the IDLE editor. A slightly older release (e.g. 3.10) should work fine.

Notes for Mac #

Installing Python on Mac gets you a “python3” command but not a “python” command. This can break some of the test scripts.

To fix this, do something like this:

$ python
Error: no such command
$ which python3
/Frameworks/Python.Something/Monkeys/Python3.12/bin/python3
$ cd /Frameworks/Python.Something/Monkeys/Python3.12/bin
$ ln -s python3 python
$ python
Welcome to python, everything works.
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