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Reputation: 61

How to start IDLE that comes with Python 3.6

I am using Linux Mint 18. I installed Python 3.5 and 3.6 using apt-get in the terminal. I can open IDLE of Python 2.7 and 3.5 using commands idle and idle3 respectively. How can I access IDLE that comes with Python 3.6?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 15278

Answers (3)

jiltedpotato
jiltedpotato

Reputation: 118

Simply typing in idle3.6 should work just like carusot42 mentioned. If it doesn't work, perhaps you might want to see if everything else is installed correctly. Here are the steps I followed which worked perfectly fine for me. I am also running Linux Mint 18. The steps that I followed were:

  • Installed the prerequisites of Python. Do that by typing in the following commands -

    sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev

  • Download Python using the following command and extract it (use your desired location) -

    cd /usr/src
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.1/Python-3.6.1.tgz
sudo tar xzf Python-3.6.0.tgz

  • The next step is to compile Python source. To do that type in the commands below-

    cd Python-3.6.1
./configure
sudo make altinstall

    make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default Python binary file /usr/bin/python

You should be good to go. You check your Python version by typing python3.6 -V in the terminal.

Once you do that, type in idle3.6 and then Python 3.6.1 shell should open for you.

Upvotes: 2

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 11

The Software Manager in Linux Mint lists the Python Packages and IDLE Packages separately. After you install Python, go look up the associated IDLE package in the Software Manager and install it. Reboot and it should work fine. It worked for me.

Upvotes: 1

carusot42
carusot42

Reputation: 1211

Try the command idle3.6. python3 and idle3 are still associated with your system Python, which is 3.5.

Upvotes: 4

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