In this section, we will look at the steps involved in installing and setting up Jupyter Notebook with the Python interpreter to perform data analysis.
Go to the Python download page at http://www.python.org/download/ with your web browser. Python is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and you will find the different installations:
- Python releases for Windows at https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
- Python releases for macOS X at https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/
- Python source releases (Linux and Unix) at https://www.python.org/downloads/source/
When you click on the download page, you will see the following screen:
If you click on a specific version, such as 3.6.5, then you will be taken to a different page, as shown in the following screenshot:
You can read the release notes and then proceed to download the Python version by simply scrolling down the page, as shown in the following screenshot: