I was going through my packages and i saw that in "development" section i had perl and python installed, but i dont know where to find them and how to start them?Are they suopused to be worked with in GUI or a terminal(shell)?I am using RH 8.0.

I don't know about perl, but to use python bring up a terminal and at the prompt type "python" without the quotes. If you want a frontend for python there are plenty to download just head over to pythons site and take your pick.



peace V

you don't "start" perl or python, you'd just run them as an interpreter to an existing script, either explicitly via a command line: "perl blahblahblah.pl" or via a shebang in a file already marked as executable: "#!/usr/bin/perl". They are scripting lanagueg enterpreters, and as such don't work in a terminal OR gui... they are beyond that. if the perl script says show a window, it can show a window etc... if you wish to write for either lanaguage, any tet editor is suitable.

From the way you write your question, i'd expect you'd want to leave them alone for now.