How do I launch Python-IDLE?

Gurduloo · 06-08-2005, 07:44 AM

I'm a total newbie, so hopefully there's an easy answer to this. I want to launch IDLE - the Python IDE. I checked Synaptic to make sure it's installed already. I can't find IDLE in my KDE menu anywhere. I can get into Python by typing "Python" in a shell window, but I can't figure out how to launch IDLE. Any ideas?

reddazz · 06-08-2005, 07:48 AM

Try running "tkinter".

mos · 06-08-2005, 03:52 PM

well you will have to install it with
apt-get install python-idle2.3

then the command to run it is python-idle2.3

Gurduloo · 06-09-2005, 08:30 AM

I already had it installed. The command I needed was python-idle2.3, like Mos said. Now I have it added to my KDE menu, and it starts up just fine. That wasn't so hard.

reddazz · 06-09-2005, 12:27 PM

On FC it used to be called tkinter and on another just idle, one of those distro specific names.