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Thread: Which Idle to install

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    Which Idle to install

    I am running Karmic, and want to learn how to use Python, I call up the "Software center" and it gives me a few options. I can install IDLE or IDLE (using 2.6) or even IDLE(using 3.1)

    Python 2.6.4 is already installed on my system so I don't understand whether what I need to install. Is 3.1 better? will I get conflicts?
    I have been playing with Python on the command line and am impressed with the language, Its sorta like what BASIC wanted to be.

    Is Idle a a good choice? Is there a better choice?

    Thanks for any help
    Last edited by Spiritof76; December 20th, 2009 at 05:46 PM.
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    Re: Which Idle to install

    The best choice as always is cl (command line or terminal) if you are looking for a IDE, IDLE 3.1 should be just fine. I recommend using and getting used to the CL, then you can code in gedit and for compiling use python <file_name>

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