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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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How to do it...

  1. When the Windows installer is first ran, two options are available: default installation or custom. Select default if the following apply:
    • You are installing for just yourself, that is, other users do not require access to Python
    • You only need to install the Python standard library, test suite, pip, and Windows launcher
    • Python-related shortcuts are only visible to the current user
  1. Use a custom installation if you need more control, specifically over:
    • The features to install
    • The installation location
    • Installing debugging symbols or binaries
    • Installing for all system users
    • Pre-compiling the standard library into bytecode
  2. Custom installation will require admin credentials. The GUI is the normal way to install Python, ...
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