4.9. Python

Python is an interpreted programming language. It is used to generate some source files, documentation, testing and other tasks. Python 3.4 and later is required. Python 2.7 is no longer supported.

Python is either included or available as a package on most UNIX-like platforms. Windows packages and source are available at https://python.org/download/.

You can also use Chocolatey to install Python:

PS:\> choco install Python3

Chocolatey installs Python into C:\Python37 by default. You can verify your Python version by running

$ python3 --version

on UNIX-like platforms and

rem Official package
C:> cd python35
C:Python35> python --version

rem Chocolatey
C:> cd \tools\python3
C:\tools\python3> python --version

on Windows. You should see something like

Python 3.5.1

Your version string may vary of course.