Overview

WinPython is a portable distribution of the Python programming

language for Windows (http://winpython.github.io).

This is the `winpython` Python package, not the distribution itself.

It includes two main features:

The WinPython Package Manager (WPPM): let you install/uninstall

to your WinPython distribution any standard Python package built

with distutils (e.g. "dummypackage-2.1.win-amd64-py3.4.‌exe")

or with wheels (e.g. "dummypackage-2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl")

The WinPython build toolchain: make.py is the script used to

build a WinPython distribution from (almost) scratch.

Dependencies

Python2 >= 2.7 or Python3 >= 3.4

PyQt4 >= 4.11 or PyQt5 >= 5.4 (PyQt4 is recommended)

pip >= 7.1.0 and setuptools >= 17.1.1

7zip (directory has to be available in PATH)

NSIS:

* "Large strings" special build (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Special_Builds)

* with TextReplace plugin installed

Installation

From the source package (see section 'Building dependencies'), you may

install WinPython using the integrated setup.py script based on Python

standard library `distutils` with the following command:

`python setup.py install`

Note that `distutils` does *not* uninstall previous versions of Python

packages: it simply copies files on top of an existing installation.

When using this command, it is thus highly recommended to uninstall

manually any previous version of WinPython by removing the associated

directory ('winpython' in your site-packages directory).

From the Python package index, you may simply install WinPython *and*

upgrade an existing installation using `pip`:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi

But the easiest way to install the last stable release of WinPython is

by using an executable installer: http://winpython.github.io/

More informations

https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/

https://github.com/winpython/winpython

http://groups.google.com/group/winpython