Python is installed to all of our computers because it is useful framework for a variety of things .
To use the python interface from terminal just type python .
to check you python version just type python --version
to run a python script you need to type in the form :
./python_script_name.py
but very importantly it has to be executable first
chmod +x python_script_name.py
I hope it helps !
Answer from billybadass on askubuntu.comPython is installed to all of our computers because it is useful framework for a variety of things .
To use the python interface from terminal just type python .
to check you python version just type python --version
to run a python script you need to type in the form :
./python_script_name.py
but very importantly it has to be executable first
chmod +x python_script_name.py
I hope it helps !
just type :
sudo apt-get install python
It will show you whether you have newest version of python or you should upgrade
Install python 3.11.9 on ubuntu
How do I install python?
How to download and use python on ubuntu? - Stack Overflow
How to Install Python on Ubuntu Step by Step Guide | Linux Tutorial
Python is pre-installed on ubuntu. Many of the system tools run on python. This tutorial is irrelevant.
More on reddit.comHow do I install Python 3.9 on Ubuntu?
Where Python is installed Ubuntu?
How to start Python in Ubuntu?
Videos
Hey Reddit. I'm super new to ubuntu. (like 3 days ago I got my first machine running it.) and need some quick help. I want to install python so I can run code on the machine and I have no idea how to do that. I'm guessing it'll be something like "sudo install python3.9". thanks for the help!
To begin, open a console window.
To install Python 3:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install python3.3
To install IDLE:
sudo apt-get install idle3
Keep in mind that you can also open a terminal window and simply type python to be thrown into a python console. Python 3 may need to be forced with python3 if apt as decided not to overwrite your system's default 2.7.5 install.
There are also other environments similar to IDLE that can be a lot nicer to use. One such example is a plugin for the Sublime Text text editor called SublimeREPL (A REPL is a Read Evaluate Print Loop - essentially the interactive python prompt). These REPLs are available for many interpreted languages and can be very handy to have close by when you're writing code.
Here's what it looks like on my OSX install:

Upgrading Python (or any package)
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade python
Using Python
$ python
Python 2.7.4 (default, Sep 26 2013, 03:20:26)
[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print "bacon"
bacon
>>>