In the “Install tools and dependencies” section, I have an error in the last step. When I type “PCbuild\get_externals.bat” in the Command Prompt within the Python directory, I get the following message:
“>>> PCbuild\get_externals.bat
File “”, line 1
PCbuild\get_externals.bat
^
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character”
I am planning to open the PCBuild\pcbuild.sln solution in Visual Studio after installing the tools and dependencies.
You are apparently typing a Windows shell command in a Python shell. You want to enter it in the system’s shell, which you can open as described in this article:
I have navigated to the CPython repo folder. Thank you. I typed in “PCbuild\build.bat” into the CPython repo folder, and the following text is in the Command Prompt