Geany unable to execute Python
I'm not a great coder, in fact I'm just trying to learn, but I can't get Geany to regonise Python in my system (Windows 7) when I try to execute the program. When I click Execute, it opens a command prompt saying:
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
How can I fix this?
Answer
Add the Python executable to your PATH. For example, I have Python installed at:
C:\Program Files\Python 3.2
So press Win + Pause/Break, and go to "Advanced System Settings":
Click "Environment Variables" at the bottom, add a new user variable called PYTHONDIR, and set it to your Python installation directory:
Then, look for another variable there called PATH. If there isn't one, create one and give it the value %PYTHONDIR%; otherwise, append ;%PYTHONDIR to the existing one. It should work fine now.
