Where can I find JUST a Python interpreter for Windows?

SAVVYSCLUTTER

I'm writing a Tkinter program for my dad's business. The .py file will be stored on a server and be accessed by Windows PCs.

Is there a program that's just a Python interpreter and not an IDE?

WojtekGame

This is actually where the IDE is used: in the .py file, so just use Python's app.

DifferentDance8

slurry on stackoverflow wrote:
In the end, it's not possible to install Python without Idle. There are no config switches or other methods to exclude it. Idle can be an extremely valuable tool. I would risk saying that although you don't see a need for it today, it may come in handy in the future.

SAVVYSCLUTTER

DifferentDance8 wrote:
slurry on stackoverflow wrote:
In the end, it's not possible to install Python without Idle. There are no config switches or other methods to exclude it. Idle can be an extremely valuable tool. I would risk saying that although you don't see a need for it today, it may come in handy in the future.

The file will be given to my dad's clients, who won't edit it. Is there no unofficial Python interpreter without IDLE?

mybearworld

Is IDLE really that bad? You can remove the start menu entry of it if that's the problem.

DifferentDance8

SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
DifferentDance8 wrote:
slurry on stackoverflow wrote:
In the end, it's not possible to install Python without Idle. There are no config switches or other methods to exclude it. Idle can be an extremely valuable tool. I would risk saying that although you don't see a need for it today, it may come in handy in the future.
The file will be given to my dad's clients, who won't edit it. Is there no unofficial Python interpreter without IDLE?

Not that i'm aware of, no. What's bad about idle anyway?

SAVVYSCLUTTER

mybearworld wrote:
Is IDLE really that bad? You can remove the start menu entry of it if that's the problem.

I don't dislike IDLE - my dad's clients just won't need it. Removing Start menu entries is pointless.

god286

Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed

Last edited by god286 (April 16, 2023 08:39:07)

WojtekGame

god286 wrote:
Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed

Yes! For example: C/C++, Rust.

SAVVYSCLUTTER

god286 wrote:
Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed

I'm writing it on Linux and need to test it.

DifferentDance8

SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
mybearworld wrote:
Is IDLE really that bad? You can remove the start menu entry of it if that's the problem.
I don't dislike IDLE - my dad's clients just won't need it. Removing Start menu entries is pointless.

NOTE: These instructions only work for windows, because that's really the only OS i use.

First: Install python regularly, then go to "C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.10\“.
Then remove the .lnk (not .ink) file with the name of ”IDLE (Python 3.10 64-bit)" (this step may require admin, give admin priveledges)
Done!

Note that this is the closest you can get to removing IDLE (unless you don't need pythonw.exe, then remove that as well. This StackOverflow answer is a list of differences between python.exe and pythonw.exe)

SAVVYSCLUTTER

DifferentDance8 wrote:
Remove the .lnk (not .ink) file with the name of “IDLE (Python 3.10 64-bit)”.

This will just remove the Start entry.

I may close the topic and install Python with IDLE.

mybearworld

If nobody will modify it, you can also use pyinstaller to package it in to an exe.

SAVVYSCLUTTER

mybearworld wrote:
If nobody will modify it, you can also use pyinstaller to package it in to an exe.

SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
I'm writing it on Linux and need to test it.

BreadcatGames

WojtekGame wrote:
god286 wrote:
Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed
Yes! For example: C/C++, Rust.

Have you ever… actually written anything in those languages?

applejuiceproduc

BreadcatGames wrote:
WojtekGame wrote:
god286 wrote:
Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed
Yes! For example: C/C++, Rust.
Have you ever… actually written anything in those languages?

+1

WojtekGame

applejuiceproduc wrote:
BreadcatGames wrote:
WojtekGame wrote:
god286 wrote:
Maybe you could convert the file into an exe and distribute that without Python having to be installed
Yes! For example: C/C++, Rust.
Have you ever… actually written anything in those languages?
+1

In C/C++, yes, Rust, nope.

ajskateboarder

WojtekGame wrote:
applejuiceproduc wrote:
BreadcatGames wrote:
Have you ever… actually written anything in those languages?
+1
In C/C++, yes, Rust, nope.

Your projects:

don't have any code in them

bigspeedfpv

SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
I'm writing a Tkinter program for my dad's business. The .py file will be stored on a server and be accessed by Windows PCs.

Is there a program that's just a Python interpreter and not an IDE?

no. package it as an exe. but really, don't write user-facing products in python

mybearworld

SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
(#14)
mybearworld wrote:
If nobody will modify it, you can also use pyinstaller to package it in to an exe.
SAVVYSCLUTTER wrote:
I'm writing it on Linux and need to test it.

Does pyinstaller not work on Linux? Given the fact that there are “Windows and Mac OS X specific options”, I think it should.
Edit: It works on there.

Last edited by mybearworld (April 16, 2023 17:57:58)

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