Python is available on a wide variety of platforms including Linux and Mac OS X. Let's understand how to set up our Python environment. Local Environment Setup Open a terminal window and type "python" to find out if it is already installed and which version is installed. Unix (Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, HP/UX, SunOS, IRIX, etc.) Win 9x/NT/2000 Macintosh (Intel, PPC, 68K) OS/2 DOS (multiple versions) PalmOS Nokia mobile phones Windows CE Acorn/RISC OS BeOS Amiga VMS/OpenVMS QNX VxWorks Psion Python has also been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines Getting Python The most up-to-date and current source code, binaries, documentation, news, etc., is available on the official website of Python https://www.python.org/ You can download Python documentation from https://www.python.org/doc/ . The documentation is available in HTML, PDF, and PostScript formats. Installing Python Python distribution is available for a wide variety of platforms