Install Python

Django is a Python-based web framework, so you must have Python on your computer. Depending on your computer's OS, Python may be already pre-installed; however, Python has several versions. It is better to use the latest version unless you have a specific reason to use older versions.

For Mac OS and Windows OS

Download and install Python from the official site

You can download the latest Python from the Python's official site .

1. Go to the official Python site and select your OS under Downloads.

2. Install Python and check the installed version

For Mac

Downloads pkg file

Open the pkg file and follow the instructions

Move the installer to Trash

Check the installed version

Run the python3 --version command. As the latest version of Python is version 3, you need to type python3.

Command Line - INPUT

python3 --version

Command Line - RESPONSE

Python 3.11.2

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For Windows

Download the exe file

Install Python

Make sure you check "Add python.exe to PATH". If you don't check this, your command line may not recognize that Python is installed.

Note: If you may use a long file path, click Disable path length limit before closing the popup.

Check the installed version

Run the python --version command. For Windows, you don't need to use python3.

Command Line - INPUT

python --version

Command Line - RESPONSE

Python 3.11.2

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For Linux OS

Install Python using a package manager in the command line

If you are using the CUI environment, you need to use a package manager command. For example, run the following commands for ubuntu Linux OS.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3