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<li>Start up a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal.</li> |
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<li>To start Python, type |
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python |
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at the command prompt and hit enter. You should see something like |
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Python 2.7.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) |
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[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin |
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Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. |
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The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a Python prompt.</li> |
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<li>Exit the Python prompt by typing |
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exit() |
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and hitting enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt (which looks something like <code>jesstess$</code>).</li> |
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===Success!=== |
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Practice these steps until you feel comfortable navigating to a command prompt, starting Python, and exiting Python. |
Latest revision as of 17:18, 9 December 2012
- Start up a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
- To start Python, type
python
at the command prompt and hit enter. You should see something like
Python 2.7.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
The>>>
indicates that you are at a Python prompt. - Exit the Python prompt by typing
exit()
and hitting enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt (which looks something likejesstess$
).
Success!
Practice these steps until you feel comfortable navigating to a command prompt, starting Python, and exiting Python.