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Linux ships with Python installed, so the goal of this page is to make sure you can start a terminal and run Python from the command line. <ol> <li>Open a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application at Applications/Accessories/Terminal, or it may already be on your menu bar.</li> <li>To start Python, type <pre> python </pre> at the comand prompt and hit enter. You should see something like <pre> Python 2.7.1 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2011, 17:44:40) [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> </pre> The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a Python prompt.</li> <li>Exit the Python prompt by typing <pre> exit() </pre> and hitting enter. Now you're back at the Linux command prompt (which looks something like <code>jesstess$</code>).</li> </ol> == Success! == Practice these steps until you feel comfortable navigating to a command prompt, starting Python, and exiting Python.
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