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Installing Python 3 and Tcl/Tk for Mac

Installing Python 3 and Tcl/Tk for Mac

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Installing Python 3 and Tcl/Tk for Mac

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- [Instructor] The Mac operating system comes pre-installed with Python. However, the default Mac Python installation may not include the correct version of Tcl/Tk to use Tkinter. Also, the Mac OS typically includes Python 2, whereas this course is oriented around using Python 3. In this video, I'll walk you through the entire installation process for Python 3 and Tcl/Tk on Mac to ensure you have the most up-to-date software. I'll begin with downloading and installing Python 3.4, then I'll show you how to get the correct version of Tcl/Tk for your operating system. To get the Python installer, go to the Python download page at python.org/download. Scroll down and select the version that you want to use for your computer. In this case, I'm going to use Python 3.4 for Mac OS X 10.6 and later. Click on the link to start the download. Once the download is completed, you can navigate to your downloads and double-click on the disk image file. This will mount the image. And when it opens…

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