Linux : Ubuntu : How to Install Python3.1 on Ubuntu

Python is a programming language which makes it easy to create anything from small, useful tools to full-sized applications. The good news is that Ubuntu has excellent support for Python right out of the box. The great news is that you can get started right away using the advice and sample code in these Python recipes!

The aim of these recipes is to provide examples of useful Python code which you can use to learn more about Python, and to provide code which you can use as building blocks for writing your own software. All of the example code is distributed under a free software license, so you can use it in your own projects.

under applications press add and remove...
search for IDLE

look for the IDLE with Python version3 on it not the 2.5 or 2.6 version... add it and go to applications programming to run it...
to set IDLE as the default open option for .py files...

1) right click on a .py file...
2) go to properties.
3) go to the open with tab.
4) left click + add.
5) left click custom command.
6) left click browse.
7) locate the file idle-python3.0 in the directory /usr/bin/.
8) add that as the default and it will open up an IDLE shell every time you double click on a .py file...

yay Ubuntu Linux....

the irony is that currently i'm doing very little programming on my ubuntu computer. i use it for web surfing... currently i'm on my 64-bit vista computer....

Little tip for python 3.1: it won't recognize the module Tkinter it is renamed to tkinter...

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Linux : Ubuntu : How to Install Python3.1 on Ubuntu