How to Install idle software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install idle software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

idle software package provides IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version), you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install idle 

idle is installed in your system.

Make ensure the idle package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep idle *

You will get with idle package name, version, architecture and description in a table

idle package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Python
Package idle
Version 2.7.11-2
Description IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
Sub Section Python


See Also, How to uninstall or remove idle software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?