Installation

2.1. Python

Download Python from http://www.python.org . Download version 2.6.x from Python. If you are using Windows you can use the native installer for Python.

2.2. Eclipse Python Plugin

The following assume that you have already Eclipse installed. For an installation description of Eclipse please see Eclipse IDE for Java .

For Python development under Eclipse you can use the PyDev Plugin which is an open source project. Install PyDev via the Eclipse update manager via the following update site. http://pydev.org/updates .

2.3. Configuration of Eclipse

You also have to maintain in Eclipse the location of your Python installation. Open in the menu Window -> Preference and select Pydev-> Interpreter Python

Press new and maintain the path to "python.exe" in your installation directory.

The result should look like the following.