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<li>Start up a terminal. You can find the Terminal application at Applications/Accessories/Terminal, or it may already be on your menu bar.<br /
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This Terminal contains something called a command prompt. This command prompt is another way of navigating your computer and running programs -- just textually instead of graphically. We are going to be running Python and Python scripts from this command prompt.
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<li>Test your Python install at the command prompt. Type
<pre>
</pre>
and hit enter. You should see something like
<pre>
Python 2.
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
</pre>
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* You just started Python! The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a new type of prompt -- a Python prompt. The command prompt let's you navigate your computer and run programs, and the Python prompt lets you write and run Python code interactively.<br />
* If the Python version number (2.7.1 in the example above) is not a number between 2.4 and 2.7 (ignoring the number after the second dot), tell a staff member.
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<li>To exit the Python prompt, type
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and press Enter. This will take you back to the
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'''Success!'''
You have tested your Python installation
[[Boston Python workshop 2/Friday setup|« Back to the Friday setup page]]
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