python command not working

[Ben Finney]

83nini <83nini at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm new to python, i downloaded version 2.5

What exactly did you download? Give us the URL to the file if possible.

> opened windows (vista) command line and wrote "python"

The Python interpreter and libraries, like any other application, needs
to be installed into your system before you can start using it properly.
If you only downloaded it, then it's just bits in a file, nothing more.
Did you run the installer?

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Ben Finney