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| :''To install Pythong using the Anaconda distribution, see [[Linux set up Python (Anaconda)]].''
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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.
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| <li>Start up a Terminal. You can find the Terminal application at <tt>Applications/Accessories/Terminal</tt>, or it may already be on your menu bar.<br />
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| This Terminal contains something called a command prompt. This command prompt is another way of navigating your computer and running programs -- just textually instead of graphically. We are going to be running Python and Python scripts from this command prompt.
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| <li>Test your Python install at the command prompt. Type
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| python
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| and hit enter. You should see something like
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| Python 2.7.1 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2011, 17:44:40)
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| [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
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| Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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| * You just started Python! The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a new type of prompt: a Python prompt. The command prompt let's you navigate your computer and run programs, and the Python prompt lets you write and run Python code interactively.<br />
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| * If the Python version number (2.7.1 in the example above) is not a number between 2.4 and 2.7 (ignoring the number after the second dot), tell a staff member.
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| <li>To exit the Python prompt, type
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| and press Enter. This will take you back to the Linux command prompt.</li>
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| You might need to install a package called python-tk.
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| == Success! ==
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| You have tested your Python installation!
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