How to Install idle-python2.7 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install idle-python2.7 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

idle-python2.7 software package provides IDE for Python (v2.7) using Tkinter, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install idle-python2.7 

idle-python2.7 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the idle-python2.7 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep idle-python2.7 *

You will get with idle-python2.7 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

idle-python2.7 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Python
Package idle-python2.7
Version 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3
Description IDE for Python (v2.7) using Tkinter
Sub Section Python


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