How to Use Python and SPE in Windows ?

By admin on February 14th, 2010

If you are a python programmer and keen to use python in windows environment with the most popular Stani’s Python Editor IDE then follow the given below steps-

  1. Download and install Python 2.6 from Here (http://www.python.org/download/). for your appropriate windows (32 or 64 bit)
  2. Download & Install wxPython (NOT wxWidgets) from Here. (http://www.wxpython.org/download.php)
  3. Download & Install SPE from Here(http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4161). Get this file: “SPE-0.8.4.c-wx2.6.1.0-no_setup.zip”.
  4. Unzip it to somewhere you will remember, but don’t rename the folder anything other than “_spe”.
  5. Go inside the _spe directory and double click SPE.py.
  6. At this point your  new SPE Python IDE should start up. Enjoy Python….

Note: you will have to set the environmental veritable in windows for python. For Xp user,

Right click on MyComputer=>Properties=>Advanced=>Environmental Variable

and then select “Path” and click edit, add the python directory (c:\Python26)

followed by a semi colon at the end of the variable Value.(eg- xxxxxx;C:\Python26)

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