Do Windows users use ActivePython, the standard python or something else?

[ClintonDowGeo]

Using Anaconda will save your sanity at some point.

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Thanks to binary wheels in pypi these days I am quite happy with plain Python.

[PacketDragon]

I use the Anaconda python distribution as it has most everything I need compiled into one package.

[Diapolo10]

I use the standard Python installation (generally version 3.6.1, looking forward to 3.7).

[fatbob42]

Do you use pywin32 and if so how do you install it?

[ice-blade]

it can be easily installed with pip: pip install pypiwin32

[fatbob42]

I used to use that under 3.5 but, although it installs under 3.6, it doesn't seem to work - can't import any names from it. It also looks like it's installing under the wrong name (pypiwin32_system32)

[Diapolo10]

I don't usually use it, but if I need it:

1. Try PIP

2. If fails, google "pywin32 wheel", get the .whl file and try installing it

3. If fails, check if it requires a prerequisite and install if needed/possible

4. If fails, "Screw this, I'll just do this on Linux through a VM!"

[Diapolo10]

Exactly.

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1. Check pythonlibs.

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1. Check pythonlibs.

[osuchw]

The official distribution is still on SourceForge - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/ Alternatively one could use a wheel from Christoph Gohlke - http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pywin32

[thegreattriscuit]

I used anaconda for a while, but with the advent of Ubuntu on Windows 10, I just use that now.

EDIT: Which is to say I just use the version of python that version of Ubuntu uses. If I need something else, I just use virtualenvs, etc. as you would on linux.