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Lucky for us, OS X shipscomes with Python installed,! soAll thewe goalneed of thisto pagedo is tomake sure we have an appropriate version of Python installed and make sure youwe can start a Terminal and run Python from the command line.
 
If you need help or have questions during this step, [[Skillshare intro to Python/Asking questions| don't hesitate to ask]]!
 
== Checking your Python installation ==
 
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and hit enter. You should see something like
<pre>
Python 2.7.15 (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.
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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 />
 
Check the Python version in your Terminal output (the version in the example above is 2.7.5). It needs to be a version between Python 2.5 and Python 2.7 for this class. If you have too old or too new a version, please visit http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.5/python-2.7.5-macosx10.6.dmg to download and install Python version 2.7.5.
 
* 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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