venture of iit bombay vjti alumni vms/openvms qnx vxworks psion python has also been ported to the java and net virtual machines installing python python distribution is available for wide variety of platforms you need to download only the binary code applicable for your platform and install python if the binary code for your platform is not availableyou need compiler to compile the source code manually compiling the source code offers more flexibility in terms of choice of features that you require in your installation here is quick overview of installing python on various platforms unix and linux installation here are the simple steps to install python on unix/linux machine open web browser and go to follow the link to download zipped source code available for unix/linux download and extract files editing the modules/setup file if you want to customize some options