ActiveState - ActivePython - The industry-standard Python distribution.
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ActivePython is the industry-standard Python distribution, available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Developers worldwide rely on ActivePython's completeness and ease-of-use, while corporate users protect their infrastructure and stay competitive with quality-assured ActivePython business solutions.
ActivePython is 100% compatible with the reference distribution of Python. Code tested with ActivePython will run on any Python installation that has the appropriate extensions installed.
Current Releases
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- ActivePython 2.5.2.2
- ActivePython 2.4.5.14
Complete ActivePython Package
- Python
- Core Python binaries
- Installers
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- Windows: Microsoft Windows (MSI) package installer
- Mac OS X: Native OS X Package installer
- Linux: ActiveState "AS Package" installer
- Solaris: ActiveState "AS Package" installer
- AIX: ActiveState "AS Package" installer
- HP-UX: ActiveState "AS Package" installer
- Documentation
- A wealth of Python documentation, include the core Python docs, Dive into Python, the Non-Programmer's Python Tutorial, Python HOWTOs and FAQs, and more.
Windows Platform Extras
PyWin32 extensions (developed by Mark Hammond):
- PythonCOM
- Framework for writing COM components in Python and calling COM components from Python
- Bindings
- Python bindings to the Win32 API, registry, event log, and more
- Pythonwin editor
- Windows native Python editor
- Windows
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- Install "python25.exe" beside "python.exe". Install and call multiple Python versions.
- PyWin32 update to build 209.2.
- Mac OS X
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- Mac OS X universal build.
- Improved uninstall procedure.
- Linux
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- Package name changes. See the Release Notes for detailed information.
- All platforms
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- Full OpenSSL support.
- Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 and Tix 8.4.2 upgrades.
- New core extensions in Python 2.5: ctypes, SQLite (sqlite3), ElementTree (xml.etree).
- Updated documentation: Python FAQs, Python HOWTOs, PEPs snapshot.
ActivePython 2.4 is a distribution of Python version 2.4.
ActivePython 2.5 is a distribution of Python version 2.5.
