[Tutor] Help with setting path

[Alan Gauld]

"John" <washakie at gmail.com> wrote

> How did you install Python?

On Windoze I use the ActiveState version and then manually
set the PATH and PYTHONPATH environment variables

> Active state releases a good version as well... and thus, welcome, 
> to what
> in my humble opinion (a newbie as well) is the hell of Python... 
> that is,
> there is a seemingly endless number of possible ways to configure 
> the
> installations.

That's the hell of Open Source software.
The basic package is there to use but lots of people think they
know how to "improve" it and so you get multiple versions.
On a bigger scale just look at the myriad of Linux distros out there.

You just have to ask youself: Is the pain worth the gain?
If the answer is yes find a distro that suits and stick to it.

Alan G.