Reputation: 61
I am trying to set up a Python development environment. I have Python 2.7.3 running on Linux Mint 14. I downloaded IDLE and installed it. It clean installs and Python runs just fine.
So how do I invoke IDLE? There isn't any IDLE in my path: which idle
returns nothing. man idle
returns nothing pertaining to an editor. Nothing in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib. Calling idle()
inside the Python interpreter doesn't work. Invoking python
brings up a shell, not IDLE. No menu entry for IDLE in Linux. No import library named IDLE that Python can find. Three O'Reilly books consulted and not a word about invoking IDLE in Linux. YouTube videos of Python favor Windows, not Linux. Web searches have so far been unsuccessful.
Upvotes: 6
Views: 27688
Reputation: 85105
I'm not familiar with Mint myself, but since it claims to be Debian-based, try installing the idle
package:
sudo apt-get install idle
That should pull in all the appropriate packages for the installed version of Python. Then you should just be able to start IDLE with:
idle
in a terminal window.
Upvotes: 14