On Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 1:32:27 PM UTC-5, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Anna Szaharcsuk wrote: > > > I was trying to install PyCharm, but didn't worked and needed interpreter. > > the computer advised to install the python for windows. > > Not “the python for windows” (that would be some species of snake), but > _Python_ for _Windows_, the programming language interpreter. Just do as > “the computer advised”. > > > Can you help me, please, PyCharm stillnot working...allways gives a > > message for repair, after- the repair successful and again message for > > repair... > > Have you installed Python first? If no, it cannot work (and please think > about this: What good is an IDE/editor for a programming language if you do > not also have the interpreter/compiler?). It says so in the “Quick Start > Guide” in the “PyCharm 5.0 Help”, currently to be found on the PyCharm Web > site under “Docs & Demos”: > > <https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/help/quick-start-guide.html#prereq> > > Have you tried to install Python ≥ 3.4.4rc1 on Windows XP? If yes, it > cannot work; you need Python < 3.4.4rc1 instead (and you should seriously > consider upgrading Windows or even better, to switch to a real operating > system, like GNU/Linux – many of the latter come for free and give you more > freedom than Windows):
Thanks for the tip, I will switch away from Windows when I have an extra year to figure out weird things in other operating systems. So far I never managed more than two weeks in a Linux virtual machine before never opening it again. Josef PS: loyal Windows user since Windows 95, currently considering whether to upgrade from 7 and 8 to 10. PPS: The mainstream: Python and Windows ("it's not just for 'hackers'"): http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 PPPS: Scientific Python mailing list have been free of snide remarks about Windows users for a while, but not of real problems with Windows (or OSX or Linux) PPPPS: Windows 10 with Computer as a Service following Apple will lock in many users again to "everything Microsoft", but without the monopoly. > > <http://stackoverflow.com/a/32942216/855543> > > Before your next posting, please read > > <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> > > -- > PointedEars > > Twitter: @PointedEars2 > Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list