2.8. python

Python is an interpreter based programming language. The homepage of the python project is: http://python.org/. Python is used to generate some source files. Python version 2.2 and above should be working fine.

2.8.1. UNIX: python

Python is available for most of the UNIX-like platforms and as the python package from the Cygwin setup

If Python isn't already installed and also not available as a package for your platform, you can get it at: http://www.python.org/.

After correct installation, typing inside the bash:

$ python -V

should result in something like:

Python 2.3.3

However, the version string may vary.

2.8.2. Win32 native: python

Have a look at http://python.org/download/ to download the latest stable release. You can download a setup there, which will install the python system typically into C:\python23 or similiar.